Cave of the Winds
On record since 2013: 1 violation. 1 missed or late test. Most recent began 2013-10-01.
None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.
For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.
More violations on record than 14% of active water systems in Colorado. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.
The record, year by year
Across Colorado, 74% of violations are missed or late tests and 6% are water over a limit.
Every violation on record
- 2013-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
System details
| Population served | 418 |
| Service connections | 2 |
| Water source | Groundwater |
| System type | Transient Non-Community |
| Owner | Private |
| Status | Active |
| City | Manitou Springs |
| EPA ZIP on file | 80829 |
Areas served
- El Paso County
Reading this record
Cave of the Winds is a transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 418 people in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.
Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.
Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.