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Bear Creek Cabins

At a glance

Bear Creek Cabins (PWSID CO0230021) is an active transient non-community water system in Jefferson County, Colorado. It reports serving 30 people through 8 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 9 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2014.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDCO0230021

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served30

Service connections8

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyCO state drinking water program

City served—

StateColorado

ZIP—

CountyJefferson County

How does Bear Creek Cabins compare with other water systems in Jefferson County?

By EPA's size categories, Bear Creek Cabins is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Jefferson County has 112 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 5,159 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 577,783 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Colorado, the 2,207 active systems average 3,400 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Bear Creek Cabins is well below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Colorado has 956 active transient non-community water systems, 43% of the state's 2,207 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,437 Colorado systems (65%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Bear Creek Cabins?

EPA lists Bear Creek Cabins as privately owned. The CO state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 69 of the 112 active systems in Jefferson County (62%) are also privately owned.

Does Bear Creek Cabins have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 9 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2014. The violations listed here began between March 1994 and October 2014. By type: 9 required treatment not met and 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Surface Water Treatment Rule (9 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2014-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2001-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1996-09-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
1996-07-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
1995-06-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
1995-05-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
1995-04-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
1994-09-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
1994-06-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
1994-05-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
1994-03-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved

All 11 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Bear Creek Cabins: frequently asked questions

Who runs Bear Creek Cabins?

Bear Creek Cabins (PWSID CO0230021) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CO state drinking water program.

How many people does Bear Creek Cabins serve?

Bear Creek Cabins reports serving 30 people through 8 service connections in Jefferson County, Colorado.

Where does Bear Creek Cabins get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Bear Creek Cabins have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 9 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2014. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Bear Creek Cabins' water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 9 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2014. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CO state drinking water program.

Where can I find Bear Creek Cabins' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Bear Creek Cabins is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Jefferson County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Arvada City of	Jefferson	171,610	Community	Surface water
Consolidated Mutual Maple Grove	Jefferson	81,400	Community	Surface water
Green Mountain Wsd	Jefferson	49,400	Community	Purchased surface water
Bancroft Clover Wsd	Jefferson	44,000	Community	Purchased surface water
Golden City of	Jefferson	38,288	Community	Surface water
Bear Creek Wsd	Jefferson	30,000	Community	Purchased surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Bear Creek Cabins, PWSID CO0230021, Colorado”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/colorado/bear-creek-cabins-co0230021 (data as of October 1, 2026).