Public water system · MT0004321

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Northern Pines Golf Course

At a glance

Northern Pines Golf Course (PWSID MT0004321) is an active transient non-community water system in Flathead County, Montana. It reports serving 65 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2024.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMT0004321

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served65

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMT state drinking water program

City servedKalispell

StateMontana

ZIP—

CountyFlathead County

How does Northern Pines Golf Course compare with other water systems in Flathead County?

By EPA's size categories, Northern Pines Golf Course is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Flathead County has 327 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 324 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 105,781 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Montana, the 2,378 active systems average 489 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Northern Pines Golf Course is about half of that figure.

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

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Montana has 1,206 active transient non-community water systems, 51% 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 Northern Pines Golf Course?

EPA lists Northern Pines Golf Course 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. 263 of the 327 active systems in Flathead County (80%) are also privately owned.

Does Northern Pines Golf Course have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2024. The violations listed here began between January 2003 and November 2024. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting, 2 monitoring, 1 reporting, 1 required treatment not met and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (4 of them). EPA lists 10 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2024-11-01	ReportingReport Startup Procedures Cert Form (RTCR) · code 4C	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038	No	Resolved
2020-04-02	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2D	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2019-09-04	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2017-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2010-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2007-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2004-08-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2003-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038	No	Resolved

All 10 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.

Northern Pines Golf Course: frequently asked questions

Who runs Northern Pines Golf Course?

Northern Pines Golf Course (PWSID MT0004321) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MT state drinking water program.

How many people does Northern Pines Golf Course serve?

Northern Pines Golf Course reports serving 65 people through 2 service connections in Flathead County, Montana.

Where does Northern Pines Golf Course 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 Northern Pines Golf Course have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2024. 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 Northern Pines Golf Course'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. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MT state drinking water program.

Where can I find Northern Pines Golf Course's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Northern Pines Golf Course is a 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 Flathead County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Kalispell Public Works	Flathead	25,000	Community	Groundwater
Whitefish City of	Flathead	10,418	Community	Surface water
Flathead County Water and Sewer	Flathead	7,775	Community	Groundwater
Bigfork County Water and Sewer	Flathead	6,100	Community	Groundwater
Columbia Falls City of	Flathead	4,450	Community	Groundwater
Ridge Run	Flathead	3,500	Transient non-community	Groundwater

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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, “Northern Pines Golf Course, PWSID MT0004321, Montana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/montana/northern-pines-golf-course-mt0004321 (data as of October 1, 2026).