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Otero County, Colorado

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CO089 · Otero County 23 sys · 8,576 viol · #1808/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 58.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1808/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-SMALL 23 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, Otero County ranks #1,808 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #31 of 64 counties in Colorado. See methodology · corpus placement.

Otero 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 58.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,808 of 3,254 · #31 of 64 in Colorado.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Otero County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Otero 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
La Junta City Of 8,320 80 Clean
Rocky Ford City Of 4,443 337 Detected
Fowler Town Of 1,169 160 -
Bents Fort WC 900 224 -
Swink Town Of 660 67 -
South Swink Water Authority 622 599 -
Eureka WC 498 534 -
Manzanola Town Of 497 371 -
Newdale Grand Valley WC 458 32 -
Hilltop WC 285 33 -
Valley WC 270 826 -
Cheraw Town Of 254 360 -
Beehive Water Association 154 495 -
Vroman WC 125 555 -
West Grand Valley WA 100 224 -
Patterson Valley WC 96 521 Clean
Riverside WC 90 557 -
Homestead Improvement Association Inc 87 68 -
Fayette WC 75 635 -
East End WA 70 1,002 -
North Holbrook WC 58 363 Clean
Holbrook Center Soft WA 54 413 -
South Side WA 44 120 -

Compare beyond Colorado

Mid-flagged peers for Otero County

Cross-state counties nearest Otero County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (8,576). 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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