Public water system · CO0223672

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Rifle Creek Golf Course

At a glance

Rifle Creek Golf Course (PWSID CO0223672) is an active transient non-community water system in Garfield County, Colorado. It reports serving 250 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2006.

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

Population served

250

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDCO0223672

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served250

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyCO state drinking water program

City served—

StateColorado

ZIP—

CountyGarfield County

How does Rifle Creek Golf Course compare with other water systems in Garfield County?

By EPA's size categories, Rifle Creek Golf Course is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Garfield County has 83 active public water systems. Its population served is about 66% below the county average of 728 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 60,386 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 Rifle Creek Golf Course is about 74% above 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 Rifle Creek Golf Course?

EPA lists Rifle Creek Golf Course 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. 64 of the 83 active systems in Garfield County (77%) are also privately owned.

Does Rifle Creek Golf Course have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2006. The violations listed here began between September 1996 and December 2006. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting and 2 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (11 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
2006-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2004-11-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2000-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1999-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
1998-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
1997-11-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1997-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1997-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1996-11-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1996-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1996-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	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.

Rifle Creek Golf Course: frequently asked questions

Who runs Rifle Creek Golf Course?

Rifle Creek Golf Course (PWSID CO0223672) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CO state drinking water program.

How many people does Rifle Creek Golf Course serve?

Rifle Creek Golf Course reports serving 250 people through 1 service connection in Garfield County, Colorado.

Where does Rifle Creek Golf Course 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 Rifle Creek Golf Course have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2006. 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 Rifle Creek Golf Course'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 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2006. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CO state drinking water program.

Where can I find Rifle Creek Golf Course's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Rifle Creek Golf Course 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 Garfield County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Rifle City of	Garfield	9,489	Community	Surface water
Glenwood Springs City of	Garfield	9,428	Community	Surface water
Carbondale Town of	Garfield	6,700	Community	Surface water
New Castle Town of	Garfield	5,024	Community	Surface water
Battlement Mesa Md	Garfield	4,100	Community	Surface water
Silt Town of	Garfield	3,536	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, “Rifle Creek Golf Course, PWSID CO0223672, Colorado”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/colorado/rifle-creek-golf-course-co0223672 (data as of October 1, 2026).