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Hoving Business Center

At a glance

Hoving Business Center (PWSID MT0004896) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Lewis and Clark County, Montana. It reports serving 170 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

170

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMT0004896
System typeNon-transient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served170
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMT state drinking water program
City servedHelena
StateMontana
ZIP—
CountyLewis and Clark County

How does Hoving Business Center compare with other water systems in Lewis and Clark County?

By EPA's size categories, Hoving Business Center is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lewis and Clark County has 165 active public water systems. Its population served is about 59% below the county average of 413 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 68,071 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Montana, the 2,378 active systems average 489 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Hoving Business Center is about 60% below that figure.

What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Montana has 319 active non-transient non-community water systems, 13% of the state's 2,378 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,994 Montana systems (84%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Hoving Business Center?

EPA lists Hoving Business Center as privately owned. The MT state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 134 of the 165 active systems in Lewis and Clark County (81%) are also privately owned.

Does Hoving Business Center have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. The violations listed here began between April 2024 and May 2025. By type: 5 monitoring, 4 required treatment not met and 3 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Groundwater Rule (6 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038NoResolved
2024-12-01Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41Groundwater Rulecode 0700YesResolved
2024-11-01Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41Groundwater Rulecode 0700YesResolved
2024-10-01Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41Groundwater Rulecode 0700YesResolved
2024-09-01Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41Groundwater Rulecode 0700YesResolved
2024-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-06-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-06-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31Groundwater Rulecode 0700NoResolved
2024-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-05-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31Groundwater Rulecode 0700NoResolved
2024-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Hoving Business Center: frequently asked questions

Who runs Hoving Business Center?

Hoving Business Center (PWSID MT0004896) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MT state drinking water program.

How many people does Hoving Business Center serve?

Hoving Business Center reports serving 170 people through 1 service connection in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.

Where does Hoving Business Center get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Hoving Business Center have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Hoving Business Center's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MT state drinking water program.

Where can I find Hoving Business Center's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Hoving Business Center is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Lewis and Clark County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Helena Water SystemLewis and Clark32,091CommunitySurface water
East Helena City ofLewis and Clark2,114CommunityGroundwater
Eastgate Village Sewer and WaterLewis and Clark2,000CommunityGroundwater
Va Medical Center HelenaLewis and Clark1,275CommunityPurchased surface water
Helena Leisure LLCLewis and Clark1,200CommunityGroundwater
Bobs Valley Service Inc.Lewis and Clark1,032Non-transient non-communityGroundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Hoving Business Center, PWSID MT0004896, Montana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/montana/hoving-business-center-mt0004896 (data as of October 1, 2026).