Public water system record
City of Trinidad
Serves Trinidad, Las Animas County, CO · 11,400 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 45 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Trinidad 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
- 45
Key facts
- City of Trinidad draws water from 2 surface water intakes (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Colorado, June 2004.
- Record on file since 1989, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,223 unknown out of 4,665 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlordane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Pentachlorophenol
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Benzo(a)pyrene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
HEXACHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
2,4-D
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Heptachlor epoxide
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Heptachlor
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
LASSO
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Aldicarb
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Carbofuran
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Aldicarb sulfone
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Aldicarb sulfoxide
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Dinoseb
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Picloram
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Simazine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
OXAMYL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Endothall
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Diquat
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Dalapon
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Toxaphene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Methoxychlor
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
BHC-GAMMA
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Endrin
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Turbidity
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1989
EPA's records for City of Trinidad go back to 1989. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 77 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 7 |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 3 | 63 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 7 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 35 |
| 2020s | 0 | 8 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began May 2004, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Colorado regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Trinidad in 2004. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2004 | Colorado | Compliance order (no penalty) | 18 violations (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), CARBON, TOTAL, Chlorine |
Where the water comes from
City of Trinidad draws water from 2 surface water intakes (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 10 other community water systems buy water from City of Trinidad.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Chicosa Water Users Association Trinidad, CO
- El Moro Hoehne Pipeline Assoc Trinidad, CO
- Greetville Carbondale Water Trinidad, CO
- Pinon WSD Trinidad, CO
- Santa Fe Trail Ranch MD Trinidad, CO
- Sunflower Valley Pipeline Assn Trinidad, CO
- Town of Cokedale Cokedale, CO
- Town of Starkville Trinidad, CO
- Trinidad Lake Ranches POA Trinidad, CO
- Trinidad Manufactured Home Community Cedaredge, CO
Annual water quality report
City of Trinidad 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