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Saguache County, Colorado

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CO109 · Saguache County 17 sys · 1,989 viol · #2635/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 88.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.6% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2635/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 94%
  • SYS-SMALL 17 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Summit County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Saguache County ranks #2,635 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #46 of 64 counties in Colorado. See methodology · corpus placement.

Saguache County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 88.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Saguache County . Population served ranks #2,635 of 3,254 · #46 of 64 in Colorado.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Saguache County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Broomfield · lowest Moffat · near Saguache · this county Kiowa · highest 66.7% 87.5% 87.5% 88.1% 88.2% 89.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Center Town Of 2,575 116 -
Baca Grande WSD 2,006 187 -
Kv HOA Inc 580 279 -
Saguache Town Of 504 146 -
Crestone WS 293 75 -
Area 420 182 34 -
Moffat School 150 79 -
Joyful Journey Hot Springs and Spa 126 65 -
Valley View Hot Springs 87 89 -
Sand Dunes Swimming Pool and RV Park 75 4 -
Tomichi Creek Trading Post 66 80 -
La Garita Trading Post 48 39 -
Villa Grove Trade 40 101 -
Dollar General 34 0 -
Penitente Canyon Cg Blm 30 16 -
Grammys Kitchen 28 0 -
Moffat Town Of 12 679 -

Compare beyond Colorado

Lower-flagged peers for Saguache County

Cross-state counties nearest Saguache County on flagged-system share (88.2%) and cumulative violation count (1,989). 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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