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Ridgway tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Ridgway. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Ridgway is served by 4 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 1,672 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 90 violations across the community water system(s) serving Ridgway, going back to the earliest EPA record. 17 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Ridgway Town Of
1,000 served · surface water · PWSID CO0146676 - Health-based Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 14 times between March 2023 and June 2023. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between October 2024 and January 2026. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between October 2018 and August 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between October 2018 and August 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between January 2022 and July 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring contaminant code null: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in April 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Chlorite: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 2019 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Combined Radium (-226 and -228): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Diquat: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2017. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2008. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2003. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Ilium Valley Ws
322 served · groundwater · PWSID CO0157250 - Health-based Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times in January 2015. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between July 2015 and October 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in November 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in November 2017. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in March 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Elk Meadows Estates
230 served · surface water · PWSID CO0146592 - Health-based Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in December 2001. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Combined Uranium: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in September 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2010. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2008. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Dallas Meadows Community Assoc
120 served · groundwater · PWSID CO0246201 - Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 2021 and July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 9 times between August 2017 and January 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between July 2017 and January 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Toluene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Combined Uranium: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.