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Dolores County, Colorado

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CO033 · Dolores County 6 sys · 617 viol · #3130/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.9% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3130/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-TINY 6 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Routt County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Dolores County ranks #3,130 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #62 of 64 counties in Colorado. See methodology · corpus placement.

Dolores County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.9% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Dolores County . Population served ranks #3,130 of 3,254 · #62 of 64 in Colorado.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Dolores County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Dolores County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Broomfield · lowest Kiowa · highest Montezuma · near Gilpin · near 66.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Dove Creek Town Of 850 167 -
Rico Town Of 437 250 -
Dunton Hot Springs Inc 47 12 -
Cayton Cg 36 9 -
Mavreeso Cg 25 81 -
West Dolores Campground 25 98 -

Compare beyond Colorado

Mid-flagged peers for Dolores County

Cross-state counties nearest Dolores County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (617). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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