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Community Water System · PWS CO0115352

Hotchkiss Town Of

Operator location Hotchkiss, Colorado - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 607 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,050 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

2,050
People served (this PWS)
607
EPA violations (this PWS)
31
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Hotchkiss Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

607 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #13,365 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Hotchkiss Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (607), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,050 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#13,365 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#245 of 551
Population · CO
607
Total EPA violations on record
5%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
798
County
Delta
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
31
Monitoring Violations
570
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 19 2024
Tetrachloroethylene MR 19 2024
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 19 2025
TTHM MR 18 2021
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 17 2024
Vinyl chloride MR 17 2024
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 17 2024
Trichloroethylene MR 17 2024
CHLOROBENZENE MR 17 2024
Benzene MR 17 2024
Toluene MR 17 2024
Styrene MR 17 2024
Xylenes, Total MR 17 2024
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 17 2024
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 17 2024
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 17 2024
Carbon tetrachloride MR 17 2024
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 17 2024
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 17 2024
Ethylbenzene MR 17 2024
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 17 2024
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 17 2024
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 17 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 15 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 15 2011
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 15 2025
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 12 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 12 2021
Dalapon MR 12 2021
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MCL 12 2021

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Hotchkiss Town Of has 607 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (31 of 607), and it ranks #13,365 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

607 Higher than most more violations than 97% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Hotchkiss Town Of

607 violations on record for CO0115352; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control

Nationwide peers

607 violations · 2,050 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Hotchkiss Town Of

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Colorado compares on the same EPA violation measures. Colorado systems
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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