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Montezuma County, Colorado

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CO083 · Montezuma County 18 sys · 1,218 viol · #1313/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1313/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 67%
  • 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, Montezuma County ranks #1,313 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #22 of 64 counties in Colorado. See methodology · corpus placement.

Montezuma 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 7.0% 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 #1,313 of 3,254 · #22 of 64 in Colorado.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Montezuma County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Broomfield · lowest Kiowa · highest Morgan · near San Miguel · 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
Montezuma WC 13,797 44 Clean
Cortez City Of 8,770 190 Clean
Mesa Verde National Park 3,177 36 -
Dolores Town Of 1,626 44 Clean
Mancos Town Of 1,390 57 -
Mancos Rural Water Company 1,300 265 -
Montezuma Cnty WD No 1 490 90 -
Oak Meadows MHP 200 23 -
Vista Verde Village 200 29 -
Priest Gulch RV and Campground 190 36 -
Elegant Hills MHP 170 108 -
Dolores River Rvp 160 21 -
Neighbors of 7th Street MHP 96 50 -
Circle K Ranch 80 19 -
House Creek Cg 80 20 -
Stoner RV Resort 58 6 -
Transfer Cg 40 28 -
Echo Basin Ranch 27 152 -

Compare beyond Colorado

Mid-flagged peers for Montezuma County

Cross-state counties nearest Montezuma County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,218). 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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