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City of Ft Morgan

Serves Fort Morgan, Morgan County, CO · 12,000 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Ft Morgan in the last ten years.

  • CO0144005
  • FORT MORGAN
  • CO
  • 12,000 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 80701
EPA system ID CO0144005

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • City of Ft Morgan draws water from 4 wells and 1 surface water intake (4 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Record on file since 1993, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 9 lead and 78 unknown out of 4,256 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Chlorite
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Chlorine dioxide
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for City of Ft Morgan go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 21 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 21
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began April 1993, Resolved.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1993 Resolved

Where the water comes from

City of Ft Morgan draws water from 4 wells and 1 surface water intake (4 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Morgan County Quality WD. 1 other public water system has an interim connection to City of Ft Morgan.

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Annual water quality report

City of Ft Morgan 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.

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