Is CRIPPLE CREEK CITY OF's water safe to drink?
CRIPPLE CREEK CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,817 people through 892 service connections.
How this compares nationally
CRIPPLE CREEK CITY OF has 18 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,891th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 39th percentile nationally.
How CRIPPLE CREEK CITY OF compares within CO
CO's 230 covered systems average 3.0 health-based violations each; CRIPPLE CREEK CITY OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CRIPPLE CREEK CITY OF is from 2025-09-05 (health-based: 2009-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CRIPPLE CREEK CITY 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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
CRIPPLE CREEK CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 18 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.