What's in WHEAT RIDGE WATER DISTRICT's water?
WHEAT RIDGE WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 20,000 people through 5,838 service connections.
How this compares nationally
WHEAT RIDGE WATER DISTRICT has 1 violation on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 9,193th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 29th percentile nationally.
How WHEAT RIDGE WATER DISTRICT compares within CO
CO's 230 covered systems average 3.0 health-based violations each; WHEAT RIDGE WATER DISTRICT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WHEAT RIDGE WATER DISTRICT is from 2017-01-03 (health-based: 2017-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WHEAT RIDGE WATER DISTRICT'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: Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts 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
WHEAT RIDGE WATER DISTRICT'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 1 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.