# BUTTE WATER COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `48900`
- **Case Number:** 08-1991-0067
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BUTTE WATER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- WASHINGTON, DENNIS
## Summary

BUTTE WATER COMPANY, A PRIVATELY HELD PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIER  PROVIDES WATER FOR THE CITY OF BUTTE MONTANA.  THE SOURCES   OF WATER SUPPLY ARE FOUR SURFACE SOURCES.  THE WATER IS      UNFILTERED. THE COMPANY HAS ISOLATED THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL) FOR TURBIDITY REGULARLY SINCE MAY 1988.  WHEN    THE STATE OF MONTANA WITHDREW A WAIVER OF THE MCL OF INTU    WHICH HAD BEEN GRANTED IN 1980, THE STATE FILED SUIT IN      OCTOBER 1989 FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, TO COMPEL THE COMPANY TO INSTALL A FILTRATION SYSTEM. THE STATES ACTION DOES NOT SEEK PENALTIES, NOR DOES IT NAME DENNIS WASHINGTON, THE SOLE      SHARE HOLDER, AS CO-DEFENDANT. THE STATE ACTION IS PENDING   WITH TRIAL SET IN STATE COURT FOR AUGUST 1991.               IN AUGUST 1989, THE STATE ISSUED A  HEALTH ADVISORY ,        ADVISING RESIDENTS OF BUTTE TO BOIL THEIR WATER.  THE STATE  LIFTED THE ADVISORY ON OCTOBER 30, 1990.  THE TURBIDITY      PROBLEMS HAVE NOT IMPROVED.                                  EPA REGION VIII INVESTIGATED FURTHER AND FOUND IN ADDITION   TO CONTINUING TURBIDITY VIOLATIONS OF BOTH MONITORING        (FOR COLIFORM) AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE   NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS, 40 CFR PART     121.                                                         ON MARCH 05, 1991, EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO BUTTE WATER COMPANY.  ON APRIL 22, 1991, EPA ISSUED AN EMERGENCY   ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REQUIRING BWC TO NOTIFY RESIDENTS THAT  THEY SHOULD BOIL WATER USED FOR HUMA

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