Public water system · WY5600185

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Fort Laramie, Town of

At a glance

Town of Fort Laramie (PWSID WY5600185) is an active community water system in Goshen County, Wyoming. It reports serving 230 people through 157 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2024.

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

Population served

230

Service connections

157

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDWY5600185

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served230

Service connections157

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeLocal government

Primacy agencyWY state drinking water program

City servedFort Laramie

StateWyoming

ZIP—

CountyGoshen County

How does Town of Fort Laramie compare with other water systems in Goshen County?

By EPA's size categories, Town of Fort Laramie is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Goshen County has 17 active public water systems, and Town of Fort Laramie is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 60% below the county average of 580 people per system, and accounts for 2.3% of the 9,851 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Wyoming, the 775 active systems average 838 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Town of Fort Laramie is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Wyoming has 332 active community water systems, 43% of the state's 775 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 585 Wyoming systems (75%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Town of Fort Laramie?

EPA lists Town of Fort Laramie as owned by a local government. The WY state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 5 of the 17 active systems in Goshen County (29%) are also owned by a local government.

Does Town of Fort Laramie have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2024. The violations listed here began between January 2011 and June 2024. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate-Nitrite (2 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
2024-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2017-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038	No	Resolved
2016-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-228code 4030	No	Resolved
2016-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Radium (-226 and -228)code 4010	No	Resolved
2016-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	No	Resolved
2016-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-226code 4020	No	Resolved
2016-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000	No	Resolved
2016-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2014-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038	No	Resolved
2011-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000	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.

Town of Fort Laramie: frequently asked questions

Who runs Town of Fort Laramie?

Town of Fort Laramie (PWSID WY5600185) is a community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the WY state drinking water program.

How many people does Town of Fort Laramie serve?

Town of Fort Laramie reports serving 230 people through 157 service connections in Goshen County, Wyoming.

Where does Town of Fort Laramie 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 Town of Fort Laramie 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 June 2024. 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 Town of Fort Laramie'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 June 2024. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the WY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Town of Fort Laramie's water quality report?

As a community water system, Town of Fort Laramie must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Goshen County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Torrington Municipal Water Dept, City of	Goshen	6,847	Community	Groundwater
Lingle, Town of	Goshen	486	Community	Groundwater
South Torrington Water District	Goshen	450	Community	Purchased groundwater
La Grange, Town of	Goshen	448	Community	Groundwater
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Goshen	352	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Wy Dot-Torrington Port of Entry	Goshen	150	Transient non-community	Groundwater

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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, “Fort Laramie, Town of, PWSID WY5600185, Wyoming”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wyoming/fort-laramie-town-of-wy5600185 (data as of October 1, 2026).