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TV Hills Water

Serves an area of Custer County, CO · 38 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for TV Hills Water in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • CO0114550
  • WETMORE
  • CO
  • 38 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 81253
EPA system ID CO0114550

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • TV Hills Water draws water from 1 well.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.08738 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2020.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Colorado, June 2006.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 18 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08738 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Ethylbenzene
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 5, 2024 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2023 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for TV Hills Water go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 34 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 4
2000s 8 30
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 0
2020s 1 6

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, began January 2015, Resolved.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 32 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2007 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 37 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2007 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 33 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2006 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 31 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 43 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 47 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2005 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 49 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 55.75 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.9 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Colorado regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against TV Hills Water in 2006. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2006.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 28, 2006 Colorado Compliance order (no penalty) 33 violations (8 health-based): Combined Uranium, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-Dichloropropane

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

TV Hills Water draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

TV Hills Water 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask TV Hills Water for a copy.

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