Public water system record
Town of Ordway
Serves Ordway, Crowley County, CO · 1,300 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Ordway in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 9
Key facts
- Town of Ordway draws water from 8 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, February 1995.
- Record on file since 1991, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 442 unknown out of 491 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jul 17, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
OTHER
|
Mar 17, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2014 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Town of Ordway go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 67 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0 | 59 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 7 |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Town of Ordway in 1995. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 1995.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1995 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Town of Ordway draws water from 8 wells. It also buys water from Crowley County WS. 1 other community water system and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Town of Ordway.
Buys water from
- Crowley County WS Ordway, CO
Community systems that buy water from it
- 96 Pipeline Co Inc Ordway, CO
Annual water quality report
Town of Ordway must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Colorado.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells