Community Water System · PWS CO0135721
Spring Canyon WSD
Operator location Fort Collins, Colorado - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 157 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,320 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,320
- People served (this PWS)
- 157
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Spring Canyon WSD standing, high SDWIS violation third
157 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 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,503 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Spring Canyon WSD sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (157), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,320 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,503 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #234 of 551
- Population · CO
- 157
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- 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
- 565
- County
- Larimer
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 136
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 21 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 17 | 2019 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 15 | 2015 |
| Public Notice | Other | 10 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2004 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 3 | 2006 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Styrene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Chlorine | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2019 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2017 |
| Toluene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 3 | 2013 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Spring Canyon WSD has 157 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 157), and it ranks #12,503 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)
157 Higher than most more violations than 82% 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 Spring Canyon WSD
157 violations on record for CO0135721; 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
157 violations · 2,320 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 Spring Canyon WSD
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