Community Water System · PWS CO0120010
Elizabeth Town Of
Operator location Elizabeth, Colorado - larger served population (> 3,309) at 4,523 people served; 191 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 4,523
- People served (this PWS)
- 191
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Elizabeth Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
4,523 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #8,195 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Elizabeth Town Of 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 large (4,523; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #8,195 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #158 of 551
- Population · CO
- 191
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- 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
- 1,112
- County
- Elbert
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 174
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 1999 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2004 |
| Chlorine | MR | 5 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2004 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Endrin | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Endothall | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| LASSO | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 3 | 2005 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Elizabeth Town Of has 191 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 191), and it ranks #8,195 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)
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 Elizabeth Town Of
EPA SDWIS lists 4,523 people served and 1,112 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 · 4,523 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Elizabeth Town Of
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