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Timber Ridge Hoa

At a glance

Timber Ridge Hoa (PWSID MT0004939) is an active community water system in Flathead County, Montana. It reports serving 30 people through 31 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 2021.

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

Population served

30

Service connections

31

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDMT0004939
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served30
Service connections31
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMT state drinking water program
City servedColumbia Falls
StateMontana
ZIP—
CountyFlathead County

How does Timber Ridge Hoa compare with other water systems in Flathead County?

By EPA's size categories, Timber Ridge Hoa 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 community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Timber Ridge Hoa 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 Timber Ridge Hoa?

EPA lists Timber Ridge Hoa 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 Timber Ridge Hoa 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 2021. The violations listed here began between January 2021 and January 2021. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride, 1,1-Dichloroethylene and trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene. 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
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03p-Dichlorobenzenecode 2969NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Vinyl chloridecode 2976NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1-Dichloroethylenecode 2977NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03trans-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2979NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2-Dichloroethanecode 2980NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1,1-Trichloroethanecode 2981NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Carbon tetrachloridecode 2982NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Trichloroethylenecode 2984NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1,2-Trichloroethanecode 2985NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Chlorobenzenecode 2989NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Benzenecode 2990NoResolved
2021-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Dichloromethanecode 2964NoResolved

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.

Timber Ridge Hoa: frequently asked questions

Who runs Timber Ridge Hoa?

Timber Ridge Hoa (PWSID MT0004939) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MT state drinking water program.

How many people does Timber Ridge Hoa serve?

Timber Ridge Hoa reports serving 30 people through 31 service connections in Flathead County, Montana.

Where does Timber Ridge Hoa 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 Timber Ridge Hoa 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 2021. 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 Timber Ridge Hoa'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 2021. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the MT state drinking water program.

Where can I find Timber Ridge Hoa's water quality report?

As a community water system, Timber Ridge Hoa 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 Flathead County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Kalispell Public WorksFlathead25,000CommunityGroundwater
Whitefish City ofFlathead10,418CommunitySurface water
Flathead County Water and SewerFlathead7,775CommunityGroundwater
Bigfork County Water and SewerFlathead6,100CommunityGroundwater
Columbia Falls City ofFlathead4,450CommunityGroundwater
Ridge RunFlathead3,500Transient 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, “Timber Ridge Hoa, PWSID MT0004939, Montana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/montana/timber-ridge-hoa-mt0004939 (data as of October 1, 2026).