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Otero County, Colorado: drinking water records
This overview covers 5 ZIP codes and 24 community water systems in Otero County. It also stands in for 0 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.
Water systems with the most complete records
| Water system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Valley Wc CO0145540 | 96 | 60 | 0 | 70 | 0.5 ppb |
| North Holbrook Wc CO0145630 | 58 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 ppb |
| La Junta City of CO0145420 | 8,320 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 ppb |
| Rocky Ford City of CO0145600 | 4,443 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Fowler Town of CO0145210 | 1,169 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 ppb |
| Swink Town of CO0145720 | 660 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 ppb |
| South Swink Water Authority CO0145690 | 622 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 3 ppb |
| Eureka Wc CO0145150 | 498 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 ppb |
| Manzanola Town of CO0145450 | 497 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 ppb |
| Newdale Grand Valley Wc CO0145480 | 458 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 ppb |
| Valley Wc CO0145750 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 ppb |
| Cheraw Town of CO0145090 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1.7 ppb |
| Beehive Water Association CO0145030 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 2.7 ppb |
| Vroman Wc CO0145780 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 ppb |
| West Grand Valley Wa CO0145810 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 ppb |
| Riverside Wc CO0145570 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11 ppb |
| Fayette Wc CO0145180 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 ppb |
| East End Wa CO0145120 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 ppb |
| Holbrook Center Soft Wa CO0145330 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2.1 ppb |
| South Side Wa CO0145660 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.5 ppb |
| Bents Fort Wc CO0145060 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 ppb |
| Hilltop Wc CO0145300 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 ppb |
| First Point Mobile Court MI0040302 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 1 | not reported |
| Homestead Improvement Association INC CO0145360 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
ZIP reports in Otero County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
Sources and scope
EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.
Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.