Community Water System · PWS CO0161001
Akron Town Of
Operator location Akron, Colorado - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 289 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,379 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,379
- People served (this PWS)
- 289
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 13
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Akron Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
289 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 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,336 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Akron Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (289), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,379 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,336 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #230 of 551
- Population · CO
- 289
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- 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
- 932
- County
- Washington
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 9
- Monitoring Violations
- 267
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 9 | 1995 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 1995 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Styrene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Diquat | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Endothall | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2005 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Akron Town Of has 289 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 289), and it ranks #12,336 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)
289 Higher than most more violations than 90% 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 Akron Town Of
289 violations on record for CO0161001; 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
289 violations · 2,379 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 Akron Town Of
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