La Plata County, Colorado — public water systems

105 active public water systems serve La Plata County, reporting 61.9K people served.

Dataset updated July 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO, refreshed quarterly.

Active systems

105

Population served

61.9K

Community systems

Groundwater share

77.1%

Water systems in La Plata County

Active public water systems in La Plata County, Colorado
#	Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
1	Durango City of	La Plata	33,787	Community	Surface water
2	Animas Wc	La Plata	3,096	Community	Groundwater
3	Bayfield Town of	La Plata	2,300	Community	Surface water
4	Forest Lakes Md	La Plata	1,699	Community	Groundwater
5	Lake Durango Wa	La Plata	1,577	Community	Surface water
6	Purgatory Md	La Plata	1,364	Community	Groundwater
7	Edgemont Ranch Md	La Plata	1,200	Community	Surface water
8	Durango West Md No 2	La Plata	930	Community	Purchased surface water
9	Ignacio Town of	La Plata	800	Community	Purchased surface water
10	Durango La Plata Airport	La Plata	780	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
11	Durango West Md No 1	La Plata	750	Community	Purchased surface water
12	Elbert Creek Water Co	La Plata	750	Community	Surface water
13	Bar D Chuckwagon	La Plata	550	Transient non-community	Groundwater
14	Purgatory Recreation 1 Powder House Rest	La Plata	515	Transient non-community	Groundwater
15	La Plata Archuleta Water District	La Plata	510	Community	Purchased surface water
16	Colorado Trails Ranch	La Plata	434	Transient non-community	Groundwater
17	Durango 9 R Florida Mesa School	La Plata	410	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
18	El Rancho Florida Md	La Plata	400	Community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
19	La Plata West Water Authority	La Plata	354	Community	Purchased surface water
20	Southwest Horizon Ranch	La Plata	323	Community	Groundwater
21	Elmore'S Corner 425 Pizza	La Plata	312	Transient non-community	Groundwater
22	Durango'S Cowboy Church	La Plata	305	Transient non-community	Groundwater
23	Needles Country Square LLC	La Plata	285	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
24	Colvig Silver Camps	La Plata	260	Transient non-community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
25	Homestead Trails	La Plata	258	Community	Groundwater
26	Vallecito Resort	La Plata	256	Transient non-community	Groundwater
27	Florida River Estates Hoa Inc.	La Plata	239	Community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
28	Westside MHP	La Plata	236	Community	Groundwater
29	Claude Decker Subd Pipeline	La Plata	220	Transient non-community	Groundwater
30	Roadhouse Market	La Plata	216	Transient non-community	Groundwater
31	Falls Creek Ranch	La Plata	215	Community	Groundwater
32	Happy Scenes Ws Inc.	La Plata	209	Community	Groundwater
33	Olde Schoolhouse Cafe	La Plata	202	Transient non-community	Groundwater
34	Mountain Man Water Service	La Plata	200	Community	Purchased surface water
35	Durango Regency MHP	La Plata	200	Community	Groundwater
36	Htr Durango Campground	La Plata	200	Transient non-community	Groundwater
37	Lds Red Mesa	La Plata	193	Transient non-community	Groundwater
38	Durango 9r Sunnyside Elementary School	La Plata	192	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
39	Blue Sky Ranch Inc. Assoc of Owners	La Plata	180	Community	Groundwater
40	Easy Water LLC	La Plata	154	Community	Purchased surface water
41	Narrow Gauge MHP	La Plata	150	Community	Purchased surface water
42	Durango North Village	La Plata	150	Community	Purchased groundwater
43	Knolls at Durango Hoa	La Plata	150	Community	Groundwater
44	Island Cove Park	La Plata	143	Community	Purchased surface water
45	Vallecito Valley Subd	La Plata	143	Transient non-community	Groundwater
46	Blue Spruce Rv Park	La Plata	135	Transient non-community	Groundwater
47	Mountain River Rv Park	La Plata	126	Transient non-community	Groundwater
48	Gcc Energy Water System	La Plata	120	Non-transient non-community	Surface water
49	Apache MHP	La Plata	120	Community	Purchased surface water
50	Los Ranchitos Hoa	La Plata	120	Community	Groundwater