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Echo Lake Lodge

At a glance

Echo Lake Lodge (PWSID CO0210008) is an active transient non-community water system in Clear Creek County, Colorado. It reports serving 1,510 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021.

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

Population served

1,510

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDCO0210008

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served1,510

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyCO state drinking water program

City served—

StateColorado

ZIP—

CountyClear Creek County

How does Echo Lake Lodge compare with other water systems in Clear Creek County?

By EPA's size categories, Echo Lake Lodge is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Clear Creek County has 32 active public water systems, and Echo Lake Lodge is the 5th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 68% above the county average of 899 people per system, and accounts for 5.2% of the 28,778 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 Echo Lake Lodge is about 10 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. 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 Echo Lake Lodge?

EPA lists Echo Lake Lodge 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. 20 of the 32 active systems in Clear Creek County (63%) are also privately owned.

Does Echo Lake Lodge have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021. The violations listed here began between July 1991 and August 2021. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting, 2 monitoring, 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 7 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2021-08-15	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2021-06-11	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2D	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2021-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2002-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2002-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
1992-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1991-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 8 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.

Echo Lake Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Echo Lake Lodge?

Echo Lake Lodge (PWSID CO0210008) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CO state drinking water program.

How many people does Echo Lake Lodge serve?

Echo Lake Lodge reports serving 1,510 people through 1 service connection in Clear Creek County, Colorado.

Where does Echo Lake Lodge 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 Echo Lake Lodge have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021. 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 Echo Lake Lodge'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. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CO state drinking water program.

Where can I find Echo Lake Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Echo Lake Lodge 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 Clear Creek County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Idaho Springs City of	Clear Creek	10,432	Community	Surface water
Georgetown Town of	Clear Creek	5,315	Community	Surface water
Mighty Argo Metropolitan District #2	Clear Creek	2,000	Transient non-community	Purchased surface water
Vail Mountain Coffee and Tea	Clear Creek	1,528	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Lookout Mountain Wd	Clear Creek	1,378	Community	Surface water
Loveland Basin Ski Area	Clear Creek	1,025	Non-transient non-community	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, “Echo Lake Lodge, PWSID CO0210008, Colorado”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/colorado/echo-lake-lodge-co0210008 (data as of October 1, 2026).