Community Water System · PWS CO0130050
Homestead WC
Operator location Evergreen, Colorado - 39% of 244 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,000 served per SDWIS.
- 1,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 244
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 95
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Homestead WC standing, high SDWIS violation third
39% of 244 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 39% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #19,523 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Homestead WC sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (244), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,000 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 39% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #19,523 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #356 of 551
- Population · CO
- 244
- Total EPA violations on record
- 39%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 336
- County
- Jefferson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 88
- Monitoring Violations
- 136
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 81 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 20 | 2008 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 18 | 2025 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 18 | 2025 |
| E. COLI | MR | 12 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 10 | 2018 |
| Combined Uranium | MCL | 7 | 2004 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2005 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2006 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2017 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Chlorine | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 3 | 2023 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Public Notice | Other | 3 | 2017 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Benzene | MR | 1 | 1991 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 1 | 1991 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 1 | 1991 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Homestead WC has 244 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 39% of this system's own violations are health-based (95 of 244), and it ranks #19,523 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)
244 Higher than most more violations than 88% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Homestead WC
95 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CO0130050.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control
Nationwide peers
244 violations · 1,000 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Homestead WC
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