What's in TELLURIDE TOWN OF's water?
TELLURIDE TOWN OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 7,900 people get their water from it, across 1,715 connections.
How this compares nationally
86 total violations and 12 health-based ones put TELLURIDE TOWN OF at the 88th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,551 of 12,903.
Against the CO average
TELLURIDE TOWN OF's 12 health-based violations sit above 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
TELLURIDE TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-04-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
TELLURIDE 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; 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 TELLURIDE TOWN OF's record does not cover
This is what TELLURIDE TOWN OF reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and TELLURIDE TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,551th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.