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Community Water System · PWS CO0162438

Keenesburg Town Of

Operator location Keenesburg, Colorado - larger served population (> 3,309) at 4,650 people served; 161 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

4,650
People served (this PWS)
161
EPA violations (this PWS)
18
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Keenesburg Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

4,650 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #8,069 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Keenesburg Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (161), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (4,650; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#8,069 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#155 of 551
Population · CO
161
Total EPA violations on record
11%
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
865
County
Weld
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
18
Monitoring Violations
140
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 25 2008
Coliform (TCR) MCL 10 2003
Chlorine MR 9 2008
TTHM MCL 8 2019
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 4 2016
Xylenes, Total MR 3 2002
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 3 2002
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2002
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2002
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 3 2002
Trichloroethylene MR 3 2002
Benzene MR 3 2002
Toluene MR 3 2002
Styrene MR 3 2002
Barium MR 3 2005
Cadmium MR 3 2005
Chromium MR 3 2005
Beryllium, Total MR 3 2005
TTHM MR 3 2016
Public Notice Other 3 2019
Lead and Copper Rule MR 3 2021
Thallium, Total MR 3 2005
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2002
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 3 2002
Vinyl chloride MR 3 2002
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2002
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 3 2002
Arsenic MR 3 2005
Antimony, Total MR 3 2005
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 3 2002

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Keenesburg Town Of has 161 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (18 of 161), and it ranks #8,069 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)

161 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

Population served record for Keenesburg Town Of

EPA SDWIS lists 4,650 people served and 865 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

161 violations · 4,650 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.

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Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

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What to do with Keenesburg Town Of

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Colorado compares on the same EPA violation measures. Colorado systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater