Is PAGOSA AREA WSD's water safe to drink?
PAGOSA AREA WSD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 11,069 people through 5,255 service connections.
PAGOSA AREA WSD's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PAGOSA AREA WSD ranks 5,745th by violation burden (55th percentile) - 131 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How PAGOSA AREA WSD compares within CO
PAGOSA AREA WSD's 2 health-based violations sit within the CO average of 3.0, across 230 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PAGOSA AREA WSD is from 2021-01-06 (health-based: 2011-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PAGOSA AREA WSD'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 PAGOSA AREA WSD's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and PAGOSA AREA WSD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,745th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.