Community Water System · PWSID CO0121325

Garden Valley

Serves 900 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentColorado Springs, Colorado
3 open treatment violations.

Open for: Lead service line inventory, Groundwater Rule. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 2006: 166 violations. 4 treatment lapses · 134 missed or late tests · 28 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-10-01.

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.

0Over the limit
4Treatment lapse3 open
134Missed or late test1 open
28Notice or report6 open

More violations on record than 98% 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

20052006 · Notice or report: 1201020152016 · Missed or late test: 12018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682018 · Missed or late test: 682019 · Missed or late test: 32020 · Missed or late test: 322020 · Missed or late test: 322020 · Missed or late test: 322020 · Missed or late test: 322020 · Missed or late test: 322020 · Missed or late test: 3220202022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Notice or report: 22023 · Missed or late test: 12023 · Notice or report: 52024 · Treatment lapse: 42024 · Missed or late test: 42024 · Notice or report: 102024 · Notice or report: 102025 · Missed or late test: 32025 · Notice or report: 102025 · Notice or report: 102025
One square ≈ 6 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
2% treatment lapse · 481% missed or late test · 13417% notice or report · 28

Across Colorado, 74% of violations are missed or late tests and 6% are water over a limit.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 9 results on file · action level 15 ppb

21 ppb
4.6 ppb
3 ppb
2 ppb
2 ppb
1 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (10)

  1. 2025-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  2. 2025-09-04Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2025-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  4. 2025-06-06Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  5. 2025-03-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  6. 2024-12-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  7. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  8. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen
  9. 2024-02-14Groundwater Rule ×2Failure To Address DeficiencyOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  2. 2025-09-04Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2025-07-31Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2025-07-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2025-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  6. 2025-06-06Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  7. 2025-05-01Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2025-05-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2025-03-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  10. 2025-01-31Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2025-01-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2025-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2025-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2024-12-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  15. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  16. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen
  17. 2024-09-23Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  18. 2024-09-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  19. 2024-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  20. 2024-08-16Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  21. 2024-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  22. 2024-06-21Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  23. 2024-06-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  24. 2024-05-16Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  25. 2024-03-21Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
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  1. 2024-02-16Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  2. 2024-02-14Groundwater Rule ×2Failure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  3. 2024-02-14Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  4. 2024-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  5. 2024-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  6. 2023-12-21Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2023-11-16Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2023-09-21Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2023-06-23Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  10. 2023-03-23Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2023-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  12. 2022-12-23Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  13. 2022-09-23Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  14. 2022-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2022-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2022-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2022-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2022-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2022-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2022-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2022-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2022-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2022-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2022-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2022-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  26. 2022-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  27. 2022-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  28. 2022-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  29. 2022-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  30. 2022-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  31. 2022-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  32. 2022-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  33. 2022-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  34. 2022-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  35. 2022-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  36. 2020-01-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  37. 2020-01-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  38. 2020-01-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  39. 2020-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  40. 2020-01-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  41. 2020-01-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  42. 2020-01-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  43. 2020-01-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  44. 2020-01-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  45. 2020-01-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  46. 2020-01-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  47. 2020-01-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  48. 2020-01-01LassoMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  49. 2020-01-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  50. 2020-01-01AldicarbMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  51. 2020-01-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  52. 2020-01-01Aldicarb sulfoneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  53. 2020-01-01Aldicarb sulfoxideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  54. 2020-01-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  55. 2020-01-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  56. 2020-01-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  57. 2020-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  58. 2020-01-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  59. 2020-01-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  60. 2020-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  61. 2020-01-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  62. 2020-01-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  63. 2020-01-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  64. 2020-01-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  65. 2020-01-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  66. 2020-01-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  67. 2020-01-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  68. 2019-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  69. 2019-07-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  70. 2019-07-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  71. 2018-07-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  72. 2018-07-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  73. 2018-07-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  74. 2018-07-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  75. 2018-07-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  76. 2018-07-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  77. 2018-07-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  78. 2018-07-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  79. 2018-07-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  80. 2018-07-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  81. 2018-07-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  82. 2018-07-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  83. 2018-07-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  84. 2018-07-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  85. 2018-07-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  86. 2018-07-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  87. 2018-07-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  88. 2018-07-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  89. 2018-07-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  90. 2018-07-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  91. 2018-07-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  92. 2018-07-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  93. 2018-07-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  94. 2018-07-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  95. 2018-07-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  96. 2018-07-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  97. 2018-07-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  98. 2018-07-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  99. 2018-07-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  100. 2018-07-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  101. 2018-07-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  102. 2018-07-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  103. 2018-07-01LassoMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  104. 2018-07-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  105. 2018-07-01AldicarbMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  106. 2018-07-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  107. 2018-07-01Aldicarb sulfoneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  108. 2018-07-01Aldicarb sulfoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  109. 2018-07-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  110. 2018-07-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  111. 2018-07-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  112. 2018-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  113. 2018-07-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  114. 2018-07-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  115. 2018-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  116. 2018-07-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  117. 2018-07-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  118. 2018-07-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  119. 2018-07-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  120. 2018-07-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  121. 2018-07-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  122. 2018-07-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  123. 2018-07-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  124. 2018-07-01SeleniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  125. 2018-07-01Thallium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  126. 2018-07-01Beryllium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  127. 2018-07-01Antimony, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  128. 2018-07-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  129. 2018-07-01NickelMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  130. 2018-07-01MercuryMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  131. 2018-07-01ChromiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  132. 2018-07-01CadmiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  133. 2018-07-01BariumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  134. 2018-07-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  135. 2018-07-01FluorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  136. 2018-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  137. 2018-07-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  138. 2018-07-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  139. 2016-12-31Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  140. 2006-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served900
Service connections309
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityColorado Springs
EPA ZIP on file80906

Areas served

  • El Paso County

Reading this record

Garden Valley is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 900 people in Colorado 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.