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Las Animas County, Colorado

18 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 14,881 people in Las Animas County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

18
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
1,791
Total violations Middle third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CO071 · Las Animas County 18 sys · 1,791 viol · #2027/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.7% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2027/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 78%
  • SYS-SMALL 18 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Las Animas County ranks #2,027 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #36 of 64 counties in Colorado. See methodology · corpus placement.

Las Animas 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 8.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,027 of 3,254 · #36 of 64 in Colorado.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Las Animas County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Las Animas 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

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Mid-flagged peers for Las Animas County

Cross-state counties nearest Las Animas County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,791). 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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