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Spanish Peaks Mountain Club

At a glance

Spanish Peaks Mountain Club (PWSID MT0004588) is an active community water system serving Gallatin and Madison counties, Montana. It reports serving 40 people through 232 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020.

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

Population served

40

Service connections

232

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDMT0004588
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served40
Service connections232
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMT state drinking water program
City servedBig Sky
StateMontana
ZIP—
Counties servedGallatin, Madison

How does Spanish Peaks Mountain Club compare with other water systems in Montana?

By EPA's size categories, Spanish Peaks Mountain Club is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Across Montana, the 2,378 active systems average 489 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Spanish Peaks Mountain Club is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Montana has 853 active community water systems, 36% 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 Spanish Peaks Mountain Club?

EPA lists Spanish Peaks Mountain Club 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.

Does Spanish Peaks Mountain Club have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. The violations listed here began between January 2020 and January 2020. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Benzene, 1,2-Dichloropropane, o-Dichlorobenzene and 1,1,2-Trichloroethane. 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
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Benzenecode 2990NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2-Dichloropropanecode 2983NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03o-Dichlorobenzenecode 2968NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1,2-Trichloroethanecode 2985NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Ethylbenzenecode 2992NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Fluoridecode 1025NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2,4-Trichlorobenzenecode 2378NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03cis-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2380NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Toluenecode 2991NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Xylenes, Totalcode 2955NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2-Dichloroethanecode 2980NoResolved

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.

Spanish Peaks Mountain Club: frequently asked questions

Who runs Spanish Peaks Mountain Club?

Spanish Peaks Mountain Club (PWSID MT0004588) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MT state drinking water program.

How many people does Spanish Peaks Mountain Club serve?

Spanish Peaks Mountain Club reports serving 40 people through 232 service connections in Gallatin and Madison counties, Montana.

Where does Spanish Peaks Mountain Club 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 Spanish Peaks Mountain Club have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. 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 Spanish Peaks Mountain Club'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, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the MT state drinking water program.

Where can I find Spanish Peaks Mountain Club's water quality report?

As a community water system, Spanish Peaks Mountain Club must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Gallatin County(the first county EPA lists for this system)

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Bozeman City ofGallatin56,000CommunitySurface water
Montana State University BozemanGallatin19,200Non-transient non-communityPurchased surface water
Belgrade City ofGallatin10,460CommunityGroundwater
West Yellowstone Town ofGallatin9,899CommunityGroundwater
North Star Zoot WaterGallatin4,323CommunityGroundwater
River Rock County Water and Sewer DistGallatin4,200CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Spanish Peaks Mountain Club, PWSID MT0004588, Montana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/montana/spanish-peaks-mountain-club-mt0004588 (data as of October 1, 2026).