Colorado § 25-8-1003 - Remediation.

§ 25-8-1003. Remediation.

(1) If testing conducted in accordance with the testing program identifies a water quality issue in finished water, the division shall:

(a) Perform or require additional testing, if necessary, of the finished water or water supply at the park, and this testing may include continued testing, testing of multiple points in the water supply outside the mobile home, and testing of flow rates and of water pressure;

(b) Notify the division of housing and the persons listed in section 25-8-1002 (3)(b)(I);

(c) Timely review the remediation plan described in subsection (2)(c) of this section and either:

(I) Approve the plan; or

(II) Deny the plan with a written explanation of the reason the plan was denied and make recommendations for addressing the reason the plan was denied; and

(d) When the water quality issue has been remediated, notify the division of housing.

(2) Upon receiving the notice made under subsection (1)(b) of this section, the park owner shall:

(a) Comply with any orders of the division related to the water quality issue;

(b) Not impose the cost of compliance with this subsection (2) on park residents; except that a park resident that is also a park owner may bear the cost of complying with this subsection (2);

(c) Within one hundred twenty days after receiving the notice, prepare and submit to the division a remediation plan, which must be designed to address the water quality issue described in the notice and must include deadlines, with status update requirements, to address the water quality issue;

(d) Complete the remediation plan based on a schedule approved by the division; and

(e) Consult with the division and provide a reasonable and sufficient amount of accessible drinking water or department-approved filters, if either one or both are necessary, to address acute health risks.

(3) To address a water quality issue, the division may issue an order requiring the park owner to:

(a) Perform additional water testing;

(b) Perform temporary measures necessary to address acute health risks;

(c) Make additional reports to the division concerning the water quality issue; or

(d) Create a remediation plan, implement a remediation plan, or respond to the division in connection with a remediation plan.

(4) An order issued under subsection (3)(d) of this section becomes effective upon issuance to the park owner. Only with respect to orders issued under subsection (3)(d) of this section, a park owner may file a request for a hearing, pursuant to section 24-4-105, on any issue raised by the order if the request for a hearing is filed within twenty days after the order is mailed.

(5) This section does not require a park owner to remediate a water quality issue within a mobile home.

Source: L. 2023: Entire part added, (HB 23-1257), ch. 376, p. 2251, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2026: (2)(b), IP(3), and (4) amended, (HB 26-1145), ch. 95, p. 381, § 3, effective August 12.

Editor's note: Section 5(2) of chapter 95 (HB 26-1145), Session Laws of Colorado 2026, provides that the act changing this section applies to acts or omissions committed on or after August 12, 2026.