How many water violations are in El Paso County?

El Paso County has 21,020 total drinking water violations across 140 water systems, of which 1,196 are health-based violations. 95.0% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from El Paso County systems?

Water systems in El Paso County serve approximately 757,938 people through 140 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in El Paso County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 6 of 17 tested systems in El Paso County had at least one PFAS detection (35.3% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 140 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply El Paso County?

Water systems in El Paso County use GW (97 systems), SW (43 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 5.7% of El Paso County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts El Paso County in the lower health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does El Paso County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, El Paso County ranks #88 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 64 counties in Colorado. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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El Paso County, Colorado

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CO041 · El Paso County 140 sys · 21,020 viol · #88/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

VIOL-SEVERE 95.0% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 5.7% health
RANK-TOP #88/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
PFAS-MID 35.3% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 69%
SYS-LARGE 140 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Delta County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, El Paso County ranks #88 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 64 counties in Colorado. See methodology · corpus placement.

El Paso County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 35.3% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #88 of 3,254 · #3 of 64 in Colorado.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Colorado Springs Utilities	464,111	18	Clean
US Department of the Army Fort Carson	48,000	22	Clean
Cherokee MD	29,610	180	Detected
Widefield WSD	27,640	232	Detected
Fountain City Of	25,130	294	Detected
Security Water District	20,000	246	Detected
Woodmoor WSD	18,031	655	Detected
US Air Force Academy	16,876	77	Clean
Woodmen Hills MD	13,888	129	Clean
Meridian Service MD	12,760	166	Clean
Manitou Springs City Of	6,938	121	Clean
Stratmoor Hills WSD	6,500	323	Detected
Donala WSD	6,421	284	Clean
Monument Town Of	5,740	178	Clean
Triview MD	5,737	0	Clean
Paint Brush Hills	4,994	1,810	Clean
Colorado Centre MD	3,675	32	Clean
Palmer Lake Town Of	2,686	122	-
Walden WSD	1,500	55	-
Wigwam Mutual WC	1,300	163	-
Canterbury Park	1,240	6	-
The Springs MHP	1,229	6	-
Falcon Area Water and Wastewater	1,223	13	-
Ellicott Elem SR High School	1,114	95	-
Falcon Highlands MD	1,050	148	-
Forest Lakes MD	1,049	20	-
Park Forest	930	522	-
Fast Market No 4591	911	75	-
Garden Valley	900	556	-
Quail Hill Mobile Home Park	878	0	-
Sage Wua	800	43	-
El Paso Parks Fountain Creek A1	800	13	-
Rampart Ra	800	20	-
Calhan Town Of	780	74	-
El Paso Parks Black Forest	775	11	-
Forest View Acres WD	772	102	-
Academy WSD	750	224	-
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station	700	42	-
Lamplighter Rhp	643	0	-
Canyon Ridge	625	1	-
Circle K 1173	618	14	-
Crestline Manor	505	0	-
El Morro Mobile Estates	504	32	-
El Paso Parks Homestead Ranch	500	35	-
Wolford Elementary School District 20	475	266	-
Cheyenne Mountain Estates MHP	472	94	-
Bobcat Meadows MD	470	148	-
Lds Black Forest	466	2	-
Black Forest Congregation of Jehovahs W	452	19	-
Peyton Ctef School	420	393	-

Compare beyond Colorado

Mid-flagged peers for El Paso County

Cross-state counties nearest El Paso County on flagged-system share (95.0%) and cumulative violation count (21,020). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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