Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CO0254742
Steamboat Ski Corp Thunderhead
Operator location Steamboat Springs, Colorado - larger served population (> 3,309) at 6,517 people served; 52 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 6,517
- People served (this PWS)
- 52
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 11
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Steamboat Ski Corp Thunderhead standing, mid SDWIS violation third
6,517 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 21% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #6,438 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Steamboat Ski Corp Thunderhead lands in the middle third by violation volume (52), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (6,517; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 21% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #6,438 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #132 of 551
- Population · CO
- 52
- Total EPA violations on record
- 21%
- 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
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 2
- County
- Routt
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 35
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 11
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 14 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 11 | 1997 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 11 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2013 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 3 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 1999 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 3 | 2022 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Steamboat Ski Corp Thunderhead has 52 recorded EPA violations, 57% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 42% carry more. 21% of this system's own violations are health-based (11 of 52), and it ranks #6,438 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)
52 Around the middle fewer violations than 42% 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 Steamboat Ski Corp Thunderhead
EPA SDWIS lists 6,517 people served and 2 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
52 violations · 6,517 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Steamboat Ski Corp Thunderhead
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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