Is RIFLE CITY OF's water safe to drink?
RIFLE CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 9,489 people get their water from it, across 3,787 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
97 total violations and 3 health-based ones put RIFLE CITY OF at the 63th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,713 of 12,903.
How RIFLE CITY OF compares within CO
Among the 230 CO systems in this dataset, the average is 3.0 health-based violations - RIFLE CITY OF's 3 is at or below 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 RIFLE CITY OF is from 2023-01-10 (health-based: 2023-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RIFLE 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: Coliform (TCR); 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 RIFLE CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 97 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.