Environment
Ruder Elementary — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of Ruder Elementary in Columbia Falls, Montana.
Latest Air Quality Index
45
Good · monitor 0.7 km away
PM2.5 annual8.0 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr0
TRI sites within 1 mi0
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
45
AQI latest — Good
45
AQI 7-day avg
3
Days unhealthy in last 90
8.0
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
43.8
Ozone annual ppb
Public Water System
COLUMBIA FALLS CITY OF · PWS MT0000181
0
Health-based violations (10yr)
0
Acute violations (10yr)
4,450
Population served
03
Most recent violation type
2022-07-01
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
0
TRI sites within 1 mile
2
TRI sites within 5 miles
3.4 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
ANACONDA ALUMINUM CO COLUMBIA FALLS REDUCTION PLANT
7.0 mi
Nearest brownfield
CITY OF WHITEFISH LOT 3 OF DEPOT SQUARE BLOCK 29
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).