Is WELLINGTON TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
WELLINGTON 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. 11,720 people get their water from it, across 4,315 connections.
WELLINGTON TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
WELLINGTON TOWN OF has 37 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,066th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.
How WELLINGTON TOWN OF compares within CO
WELLINGTON TOWN OF's 4 health-based violations sit above the CO average of 3.0, across 230 systems statewide. 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 WELLINGTON TOWN OF is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2023-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WELLINGTON 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; Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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 WELLINGTON TOWN 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 37 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.