Public water system record
Ute WCD
Serves an area of Mesa County, CO that includes Grand Junction, Redlands, Loma and 4 more places · 92,580 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Ute WCD 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
- 2
Key facts
- Ute WCD draws water from 7 surface water intakes (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Record on file since 1988, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 35,915 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
|
Jun 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2023 | Resolved |
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for Ute WCD go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 7 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began April 2004, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2004 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
Ute WCD draws water from 7 surface water intakes (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has emergency connections to Clifton WD, City of Grand Junction and Town of Palisade. 4 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Ute WCD. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to Ute WCD.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Clifton WD Clifton, CO
- City of Grand Junction Grand Junction, CO
- Town of Palisade Palisade, CO
Community systems that buy water from it
- Little Park Water Coop Grand Junction, CO
- Paradise Park MHP Boise, ID
- Rose Park MHP Boise, ID
- Western Hills MHP Las Vegas, NV
Annual water quality report
Ute WCD 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