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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CO0226620

Quartz Creek Property Owners Association

Highland Village, Colorado 75077 - drinking water served from surface water sources to 29 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

29
People served
215
EPA violations
51
Health-based
Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

EPA records 215 drinking-water violations at Quartz Creek Property Owners Association, 24% of them health-based - above the Colorado per-system average.

215
Total EPA violations on record
24%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
29
People served by this system
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Quartz Creek Property Owners Association

Quartz Creek Property Owners Association is a private-owned transient non-community water system that delivers drinking water to 29 residents in Highland Village, Colorado (Gunnison County) through 1 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 215 total violations for this system , of which 51 (24%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 148 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2023.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Surface Water Treatment Rule, recorded in 45 violations (TT, health-based). 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%).

Quartz Creek Property Owners Association's 215 violations sit above 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.

Population Served
29
Total Violations
215
Health-Based Violations
51
Water Source
Surface Water

System Details

System Type
Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
1
County
Gunnison
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
6
Monitoring Violations
148
Treatment Tech Violations
45

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 45 2018
Nitrate MR 32 2016
Nitrite MR 32 2016
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 25 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 22 2023
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 19 2023
Coliform (TCR) MR 12 2015
Public Notice Other 6 2018
Revised Total Coliform Rule MCL 6 2017
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 4 2016
E. COLI MR 3 2019
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 3 2019

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 Quartz Creek Property Owners Association.

Federal Source of Truth

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 CO0226620 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Colorado Drinking Water Authority

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control is the primacy agency that licenses and inspects Quartz Creek Property Owners Association under EPA-delegated authority.

Open CO regulator portal

Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control

Violation Timeline

Each row links to the EPA SDWIS public record for verification. Cross-reference the contaminant code on EPA's federal report to see violation dates, return-to-compliance status, and enforcement actions.

Year (latest) Contaminant Category Count EPA Record
2023 Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 25 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 0300
2023 Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 22 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 8000
2023 Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 19 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 0200
2019 E. COLI MR 3 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 3014
2019 Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 3 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 0800
2018 Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 45 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 0200
2018 Public Notice Other 6 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 7500
2017 Revised Total Coliform Rule MCL 6 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 8000
2016 Nitrate MR 32 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 1040
2016 Nitrite MR 32 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 1041
2016 Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 4 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 8000
2015 Coliform (TCR) MR 12 SDWIS / CO0226620 / 3100

How Quartz Creek Property Owners Association Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric Quartz Creek Property Owners Association Colorado avg Federal benchmark
Total violations 215 108.9 SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations 51 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 29 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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Quartz Creek Property Owners Association water safe to drink? ▼
Quartz Creek Property Owners Association (PWS ID: CO0226620) has 215 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 29 people using Surface Water sources.
How many people does Quartz Creek Property Owners Association serve? ▼
Quartz Creek Property Owners Association serves 29 people in Highland Village, Colorado. It is a Private-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 1 service connections.
What type of violations does Quartz Creek Property Owners Association have? ▼
Quartz Creek Property Owners Association has 215 total violations: 51 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 148 monitoring/reporting violations, and 45 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.
Has PFAS been detected in Quartz Creek Property Owners Association water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for Quartz Creek Property Owners Association under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
What water source does Quartz Creek Property Owners Association use? ▼
Quartz Creek Property Owners Association uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Transient Non-Community Water System, serving transient populations.
Where does this data come from? ▼
All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. This data is provided for informational purposes only.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

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.