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Tap water · Wyoming

ALPINE, TOWN OF

A community water system serving ALPINE, Wyoming: 1,300 people (EPA's count), ground water. PWS ID WY5600156. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026.

ZIP codes in its service area: 83128 (72%). The percentage is this system's share of the ZIP's people on a public water system, from EPA's service area map.

–health-based violations on EPA's record since Oct. 23, 2023: none listed (EPA file Oct. 23, 2026)
–rules not met in EPA's latest quarter: none listed (EPA file Oct. 23, 2026) (any kind: testing and reporting rules count too)
–lead action level exceedances in sampling (5 years): not in EPA's file (EPA file Oct. 23, 2026)

Health-based violations on EPA's record since Oct. 23, 2023: none listed (EPA file Oct. 23, 2026).

Health-based violations by contaminant or rule (2, all years)

Health-based violations by contaminant or rule (2, all years)
Contaminant or ruleTimesLatest period beganHighest value EPA recordsBack in compliance
Groundwater RuleTreatment technique (TT)2Feb. 26, 2020no value in EPA's recordall

Health-based violations by year

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returned to complianceno return-to-compliance dateBy the year each violation period began.
Every health-based violation as EPA records it (2)
  • Feb. 26, 2020Groundwater RuleReturned to compliance March 6, 2020Treatment technique (TT)
  • Feb. 4, 2016Groundwater RuleReturned to compliance Sept. 13, 2018Treatment technique (TT)

Lead and copper: EPA's sample results

1ppb lead

Lead, 90th percentile of the samples in the sampling period Jan. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2026, first reported Aug. 27, 2026: 1 ppb (.001 mg/L), not above EPA's action level of 15 ppb. Copper, sampling period Jan. 1, 1998 to June 30, 1998, first reported March 2, 2006: 1.66 mg/L, above the action level of 1.3 mg/L.

Exceedances of these action levels are not violations, but trigger other requirements to limit exposure to lead and copper in drinking water. The 90th percentile is the value that 90% of the sampled taps were at or below; EPA lists a result under its whole sampling period, which can end after the day the result was first reported; the action level is not a health standard. Values as EPA reports them (mg/L), shown in ppb for lead; a value marked "not plausible" (below zero, or above 1 mg/L lead or 100 mg/L copper) is listed as EPA has it but is probably a unit or entry error in EPA's file, and is not compared with an action level.
Lead and copper: EPA's sample results
Sampling period endedLead (90th pct.)Copper (90th pct.)
Dec. 31, 2026from Jan. 1, 20241 ppb first reported Aug. 27, 2026–
Dec. 31, 2023from Jan. 1, 20212 ppb first reported Nov. 15, 2023–
Dec. 31, 2020from Jan. 1, 20202 ppb first reported Sept. 23, 2020–
Dec. 31, 2019from Jan. 1, 20194 ppb first reported Aug. 12, 2019–
Dec. 31, 2018from Jan. 1, 20185 ppb first reported Sept. 26, 2018–
June 30, 2017from Jan. 1, 20175 ppb first reported June 30, 2017–
June 30, 1998from Jan. 1, 1998–1.66 mg/L over 1.3 first reported March 2, 2006
Dec. 31, 1997from July 1, 1997–2.1 mg/L over 1.3 first reported March 2, 2006
Dec. 31, 1996from July 1, 1996–1.94 mg/L over 1.3 first reported March 2, 2006
June 30, 1996from Jan. 1, 1996–1.57 mg/L over 1.3 first reported March 2, 2006

Source: EPA ECHO, SDWA lead and copper sample results (the newest 6 periods per contaminant). Lead in tap water across the U.S.

Tests and paperwork

Monitoring and reporting violations (a required test not done or not reported on time), EPA's flag: No. Quarters with a violation of any kind in the last 3 years: 1 of 12.

Contaminants with violation of any kind (3 years), as EPA lists them (1)

A name here can be only a missed test; it does not mean it was found in the water.

Chlorine

EPA's summary fields for this system, under EPA's labels
Quarters with violation (3 years)
1
Health-based violation now (EPA's current flag)
No
Enforcement priority
No
Quarters as an enforcement priority (3 years)
0
Monitoring and reporting violations
No
Public notice violations
No
Other violations
No
Has new violations (draft)
No
Violation categories
Monitoring and Reporting
Rules in violation (3 years)
1
Rules being violated
0
Lead action level exceedances (5 years)
– (not in EPA's file)
Copper action level exceedances (5 years)
– (not in EPA's file)
Complete sanitary surveys (5 years)
2
Date of last complete sanitary survey
July 24, 2024
Site visits (5 years)
2
Inspections (5 years)
0
Informal enforcement actions (5 years)
1
Formal enforcement actions (5 years)
1
Date of last formal enforcement action
June 27, 2025

Health-based violations: Violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.

Monitoring and reporting violations: Failure to conduct regular monitoring of drinking water quality, as required by SDWA, or to submit monitoring results in a timely fashion to the primacy agency.

Public notice violations: Violations of the public notification requirements of SDWA, which require systems to immediately alert consumers if there is a serious problem with their drinking water that may pose a risk to public health.

Other violations: Violations of other requirements of SDWA, such as issuing annual consumer confidence reports or maintaining required records.

Enforcement priority: 'Yes' indicates a public water system with unresolved serious, multiple, and/or continuing violations that is designated as a priority candidate for formal enforcement, as directed by EPA's Drinking Water Enforcement Response Policy.

Lead and copper action levels: Exceedances of these action levels are not violations, but trigger other requirements to limit exposure to lead and copper in drinking water.

Has new violations: Violations that have been reported to SDWA since end of the last official quarter. These violations are considered draft and do not reflect the official compliance status for the facility.

Sanitary survey: A sanitary survey is an on-site review of a system's water source, treatment, distribution system, storage, pumps, monitoring and reporting, management and operation, and operator compliance, intended to point out sanitary deficiencies and assess the system's capability to supply safe drinking water.

Enforcement actions: Formal enforcement actions compel a PWS to take specific actions by specific dates to return to compliance. Informal enforcement actions do not specify actions and deadlines for returning to compliance.

About this system
PWS ID
WY5600156
State
Wyoming
Cities served
ALPINE
Counties served
Lincoln
Population served
1,300
Primary source
Ground water
Owner type
Local government
Service area
Residential Area

From EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), through EPA ECHO's drinking water system download. Health-based violations from EPA Envirofacts, downloaded Nov. 2, 2026. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026. EPA: “All compliance and enforcement data displayed on ECHO are current as of the last official quarterly refresh of the source data system, SDWIS, which may lag by three to six months.” These are records of violations, not a test of your tap water today: your water system's annual Consumer Confidence Report has its test results. Names and values are shown as EPA writes them. EPA ECHO drinking water search. How to read this record.

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