Public water system · CO0230140

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Bear Creek Lake Park

At a glance

Bear Creek Lake Park (PWSID CO0230140) is an active transient non-community water system in Jefferson County, Colorado. It reports serving 1,250 people through 35 service connections. Its primary water source is surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025.

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

Population served

1,250

Service connections

Primary source

Surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDCO0230140

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served1,250

Service connections35

Primary water sourceSurface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyCO state drinking water program

City served—

StateColorado

ZIP—

CountyJefferson County

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

By EPA's size categories, Bear Creek Lake Park is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). 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 0.2% 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 Lake Park is about 8.7 times 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. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs. 228 Colorado systems (10%) list surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Bear Creek Lake Park?

EPA lists Bear Creek Lake Park 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 Lake Park have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2013 and September 2025. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Surface Water Treatment Rule (5 of them). EPA lists 12 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
2025-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2025-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	No	Resolved
2025-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2023-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2023-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	No	Resolved
2020-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	Cryptosporidiumcode 3015	No	Resolved
2020-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	Cryptosporidiumcode 3015	No	Resolved
2020-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	Cryptosporidiumcode 3015	No	Resolved
2020-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	Cryptosporidiumcode 3015	No	Resolved
2019-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2013-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2013-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent 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 Lake Park: frequently asked questions

Who runs Bear Creek Lake Park?

Bear Creek Lake Park (PWSID CO0230140) 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 Lake Park serve?

Bear Creek Lake Park reports serving 1,250 people through 35 service connections in Jefferson County, Colorado.

Where does Bear Creek Lake Park get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as surface water. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs.

Does Bear Creek Lake Park have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. 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 Lake Park's 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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CO state drinking water program.

Where can I find Bear Creek Lake Park's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Bear Creek Lake Park 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 Lake Park, PWSID CO0230140, Colorado”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/colorado/bear-creek-lake-park-co0230140 (data as of October 1, 2026).