Community Water System · PWSID CO0144025

Pagels Tp

Serves 300 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateFt Morgan, Colorado
Nothing open that measures the water, but 3 open testing or paperwork violations.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 2005: 69 violations. 18 over the limit · 4 treatment lapses · 25 missed or late tests · 22 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-04-13.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

18Over the limit
4Treatment lapse
25Missed or late test
22Notice or report3 open

More violations on record than 94% 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

2005 · Notice or report: 120052006 · Notice or report: 120102013 · Over the limit: 12014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Notice or report: 12015 · Treatment lapse: 12015 · Missed or late test: 82015 · Missed or late test: 82015 · Missed or late test: 82015 · Missed or late test: 82015 · Missed or late test: 82015 · Missed or late test: 82015 · Missed or late test: 82015 · Missed or late test: 82015 · Notice or report: 120152016 · Missed or late test: 22016 · Missed or late test: 22016 · Notice or report: 12017 · Over the limit: 12017 · Missed or late test: 52017 · Missed or late test: 52017 · Missed or late test: 52017 · Missed or late test: 52017 · Missed or late test: 52017 · Notice or report: 42017 · Notice or report: 42017 · Notice or report: 42017 · Notice or report: 42018 · Treatment lapse: 22018 · Treatment lapse: 22018 · Missed or late test: 22018 · Missed or late test: 22018 · Notice or report: 32018 · Notice or report: 32018 · Notice or report: 32019 · Missed or late test: 62019 · Missed or late test: 62019 · Missed or late test: 62019 · Missed or late test: 62019 · Missed or late test: 62019 · Missed or late test: 62019 · Notice or report: 32019 · Notice or report: 32019 · Notice or report: 32020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Missed or late test: 22020 · Missed or late test: 22020 · Notice or report: 22020 · Notice or report: 220202021 · Over the limit: 12021 · Notice or report: 22021 · Notice or report: 22022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Treatment lapse: 12022 · Notice or report: 12023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 12024 · Notice or report: 22024 · Notice or report: 22025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
26% over the limit · 186% treatment lapse · 436% missed or late test · 2532% notice or report · 22

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

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Combined Uranium2024-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 40.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.3×)2023-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 50.75 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.7×)2023-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 51.25 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.7×)2023-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 50.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.7×)2023-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 51.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.7×)2022-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 50.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.7×)2022-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 49.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.6×)2022-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 47.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.6×)2022-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 37.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.2×)2021-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 35.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.2×)2020-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 44.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.5×)2020-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 44.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.5×)2020-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 36.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.2×)2014-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 31.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.0×)2014-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 31.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.0×)2014-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 35.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.2×)2013-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 34.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.1×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

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 7 results on file · action level 15 ppb

5 ppb
3 ppb
1 ppb
0.2 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (3)

  1. 2020-10-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2019-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  3. 2019-06-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-04-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  2. 2024-01-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2024-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 40.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2023-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 50.75 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2023-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 51.25 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2023-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 50.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2023-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 51.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2022-12-24Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  9. 2022-11-27Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  10. 2022-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 50.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2022-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 49.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2022-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 47.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2022-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 37.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2021-05-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  15. 2021-03-06Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  16. 2021-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 35.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2020-10-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  18. 2020-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 44.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2020-09-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  20. 2020-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 44.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2020-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 36.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2020-04-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2020-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2019-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2019-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 43 entries
  1. 2019-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  2. 2019-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  3. 2019-07-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  4. 2019-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  5. 2019-06-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  6. 2019-03-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2019-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  8. 2018-12-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2018-09-30Groundwater Rule ×2Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  10. 2018-07-02Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2018-02-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2018-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2018-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  14. 2017-12-09Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  15. 2017-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  16. 2017-11-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  17. 2017-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  18. 2017-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  19. 2017-09-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  20. 2017-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2017-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 30.75 UG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2017-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  23. 2017-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2016-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  25. 2016-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  26. 2016-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  27. 2015-12-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Minor (TCR)Back in compliance
  28. 2015-11-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  29. 2015-11-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  30. 2015-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  31. 2015-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  32. 2015-07-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  33. 2015-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  34. 2015-06-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  35. 2015-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  36. 2015-04-01DBP Stage 1Treatment Technique No Certif. OperatorBack in compliance
  37. 2014-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 31.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  38. 2014-06-09Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  39. 2014-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 31.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  40. 2014-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 35.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  41. 2013-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 34.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  42. 2006-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  43. 2005-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served300
Service connections86
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityFt Morgan
EPA ZIP on file80701

Areas served

  • Morgan County

Reading this record

Pagels Tp is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 300 people in Ft Morgan, 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.