Is Bents Fort Wc Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: GWP
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Otero

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

224

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1984-02-29 → 1988-02-29
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Lead	0.00060 mg/L 4% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2025
TTHM	7.44 µg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 7.8 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	6.35 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 6.8 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromodichloromethane	2.02 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Bromoform	1.38 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Chloroform	1.08 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.1 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.02 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.6 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	1.98 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.17 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	2/5	SYR4	2015–2019

2 contaminants tested, none detected

Monobromoacetic AcidTrichloroacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: DOUGHERTY, BRETT A
Email: BENTSFORTWATER@BRESNAN.NET

Frequently asked questions about Bents Fort Wc

Is Bents Fort Wc tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 10 contaminants in Bents Fort Wc's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Bents Fort Wc's water?

EPA monitoring detected Lead, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Bromodichloromethane, Bromoform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Bents Fort Wc serve?

Bents Fort Wc reports serving 900 people in Colorado, per its EPA record.

Has Bents Fort Wc had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 224 violations on file for Bents Fort Wc, of which 1 is health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 4 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.