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Pitkin Mesa Pipeline Co

Operator location Paonia, Colorado - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 295 people served; 191 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

295
People served (this PWS)
191
EPA violations (this PWS)
21
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Pitkin Mesa Pipeline Co standing, high SDWIS violation third

295 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Pitkin Mesa Pipeline Co sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (191), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (295; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

191
Total EPA violations on record
11%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
295
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
201
County
Delta
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
154
Treatment Tech Violations
21

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 15 2013
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 12 2022
Chlorine MR 6 2013
Fluoride MR 6 2017
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 5 2002
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 5 2002
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 5 2025
Benzene MR 5 2002
Carbon tetrachloride MR 5 2002
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 5 2002
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 5 2002
Groundwater Rule TT 5 2016
Trichloroethylene MR 5 2002
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 2002
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2002
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 4 2002
Vinyl chloride MR 4 2002
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2002
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 4 2002
Tetrachloroethylene MR 4 2002
CHLOROBENZENE MR 4 2002
Toluene MR 4 2002
Styrene MR 4 2002
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 4 2016
Ethylbenzene MR 4 2002
Xylenes, Total MR 4 2002
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2002
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 4 2002
Arsenic MR 3 2005
Barium MR 3 2005

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Pitkin Mesa Pipeline Co has 191 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (21 of 191), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

191 Higher than most more violations than 85% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Pitkin Mesa Pipeline Co

EPA SDWIS lists 295 people served and 201 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

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

Nationwide peers

191 violations · 295 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Pitkin Mesa Pipeline Co

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