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Compass Aspen Community School

At a glance

Compass Aspen Community School (PWSID CO0249133) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Pitkin County, Colorado. It reports serving 181 people through 4 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, 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 January 2013.

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

Population served

181

Service connections

4

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDCO0249133
System typeNon-transient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served181
Service connections4
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyCO state drinking water program
City served—
StateColorado
ZIP—
CountyPitkin County

How does Compass Aspen Community School compare with other water systems in Pitkin County?

By EPA's size categories, Compass Aspen Community School is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Pitkin County has 49 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,085 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 53,175 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Colorado, the 2,207 active systems average 3,400 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Compass Aspen Community School is about 58% below that figure.

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

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Colorado has 183 active non-transient non-community water systems, 8.3% 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 Compass Aspen Community School?

EPA lists Compass Aspen Community School 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. 35 of the 49 active systems in Pitkin County (71%) are also privately owned.

Does Compass Aspen Community School have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2013. The violations listed here began between January 2008 and January 2013. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Nitrate, Chlorine, Lead and Copper Rule and 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP). 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2013-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2012-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27Chlorinecode 0999NoResolved
2010-10-01Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)code 2931NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Ethylene dibromide (EDB)code 2946NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Simazinecode 2037NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Dinosebcode 2041NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Antimonycode 1074NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Thalliumcode 1085NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Alachlor (Lasso)code 2051NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 032,4-Dcode 2105NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Seleniumcode 1045NoResolved

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.

Compass Aspen Community School: frequently asked questions

Who runs Compass Aspen Community School?

Compass Aspen Community School (PWSID CO0249133) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CO state drinking water program.

How many people does Compass Aspen Community School serve?

Compass Aspen Community School reports serving 181 people through 4 service connections in Pitkin County, Colorado.

Where does Compass Aspen Community School 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 Compass Aspen Community School 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 January 2013. 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 Compass Aspen Community School'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 January 2013. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CO state drinking water program.

Where can I find Compass Aspen Community School's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Compass Aspen Community School is a non-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 Pitkin County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Aspen City ofPitkin31,100CommunitySurface water
Snowmass Village WsdPitkin6,353CommunitySurface water
Aspen Ski Corp Hi Alpine L9Pitkin2,900Transient non-communitySurface water
Aspen Ski Corp Garrett GulchPitkin2,630Transient non-communitySurface water
Aspen Ski Co SundeckPitkin1,801Transient non-communityGroundwater under influence of surface water
Aspen Ski Corp Elk CampPitkin1,380Transient non-communitySurface 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, “Compass Aspen Community School, PWSID CO0249133, Colorado”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/colorado/compass-aspen-community-school-co0249133 (data as of October 1, 2026).