Is CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,440, over 1,173 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
20 total violations and 10 health-based ones put CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF at the 85th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,975 of 12,903.
How CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF compares within CO
Among the 230 CO systems in this dataset, the average is 3.0 health-based violations - CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF's 10 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2012-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 10 health-based violations on file for CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.