Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CO0153451
Town of South Fork (Jackson Heights)
South Fork, Colorado 81154 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 26 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.
- 26
- People served
- 0
- EPA violations
- 0
- Health-based
- Untested
- UCMR5 result
The verdict
Town of South Fork (Jackson Heights) carries a clean Safe Drinking Water Act record, zero EPA violations.
- 0
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 26
- People served by this system
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Water Quality Snapshot: Town of South Fork (Jackson Heights)
Town of South Fork (Jackson Heights) is a private-owned transient non-community water system that delivers drinking water to 26 residents in South Fork, Colorado (Rio Grande County) through 15 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 0 total violations for this system , giving it a clean Safe Drinking Water Act compliance record.
No specific contaminant violations have been recorded in EPA's detailed violation register for this system. This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.
Across Colorado, EPA tracks 2,193 public water systems serving 7,473,456 people, with 238,796 cumulative violations and 30,589 health-based violations on record. About 93% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 108.9 violations. Statewide, 37 of 163 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (22.7%).
Town of South Fork (Jackson Heights)'s 0 violations sit below the Colorado average.
All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.
System Details
- System Type
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 15
- County
- Rio Grande
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 0
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Verify This Water System
The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records, or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status, go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for Town of South Fork (Jackson Heights).
EPA SDWIS, Federal Reports
EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:
View PWS ID CO0153451 on SDWISSource: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search
Colorado Drinking Water Authority
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control is the primacy agency that licenses and inspects Town of South Fork (Jackson Heights) under EPA-delegated authority.
Open CO regulator portalSource: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control
How Town of South Fork (Jackson Heights) Compares
Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.
| Metric | Town of South Fork (Jackson Heights) | Colorado avg | Federal benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total violations | 0 | 108.9 | SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach |
| Health-based violations | 0 | 13.9 | Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL |
| PFAS detection | None | 22.7% | EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt |
| Population served | 26 | 3,408 | Sizing context for compliance burden |
Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 2,193 regulated public water systems in Colorado.
Federal MCL reference, Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼
| Contaminant | Federal MCL / Action Level | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L) | Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique |
| Arsenic | 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb) | Health-based MCL since 2006 |
| Total Coliform | Treatment technique (RTCR) | Indicator organism, monitoring trigger |
| PFOA / PFOS (PFAS) | 4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule) | Compliance deadline 2029 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026) |
| Nitrate (as N) | 10 mg/L | Acute health risk for infants |
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Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This system's figures are rendered directly from EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.