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Community Water System · PWS CO0210017

Mill Creek Wia

Operator location Dumont, Colorado - 42% of 370 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 67 served per SDWIS.

67
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
370
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
155
Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Mill Creek Wia standing, high SDWIS violation third

42% of 370 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 42% is upper-third health share (> 23%).

The verdict

Mill Creek Wia sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (370), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (67; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 42% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

370
Total EPA violations on record
42%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
67
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

F
Water Safety Score
1/100
Mill Creek Wia

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
155
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
215
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
40
County
Clear Creek
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
48
Monitoring Violations
199
Treatment Tech Violations
107

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 89 2010
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 34 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 26 2020
TTHM MCL 18 2018
Lead and Copper Rule TT 15 2016
Barium MR 13 2024
Cadmium MR 13 2024
Antimony, Total MR 13 2024
Beryllium, Total MR 13 2024
Selenium MR 13 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 13 2018
Arsenic MR 13 2024
Chromium MR 13 2024
Mercury MR 13 2024
Thallium, Total MR 13 2024
Nickel MR 10 2024
Public Notice Other 8 2020
Coliform (TCR) MR 7 2004
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 7 2024
Coliform (TCR) MCL 4 2001
E. COLI MR 3 2017
TTHM MR 3 2020
Fluoride MR 3 2002
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 3 2016
Chlorine MR 2 2006

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Mill Creek Wia has 370 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 42% of this system's own violations are health-based (155 of 370), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

370 Higher than most more violations than 93% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Mill Creek Wia plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Mill Creek Wia-370, 42%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Mill Creek Wia

155 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CO0210017.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control

Nationwide peers

370 violations · 67 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.

4 peers

What to do with Mill Creek Wia

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

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