Public water system record
Evergreen MD
Serves Upper Bear Creek and Evergreen, Jefferson County and Clear Creek County, CO · 15,750 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Evergreen MD 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
- 7
Key facts
- Evergreen MD draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Colorado, September 2023.
- Record on file since 1995, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,525 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1995
EPA's records for Evergreen MD go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 1 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 7 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Chlorite, began July 2002, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Chlorite
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 1.86 mg/L, federal limit 1 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1995 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Colorado regulators issued 1 boil water order to Evergreen MD in 2023. The most recent was a boil water order in September 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2023 | Colorado | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
Evergreen MD draws water from 1 surface water intake. 1 other community water system and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Evergreen MD.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Hidden Valley Water District Evergreen, CO
Annual water quality report
Evergreen MD 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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