NATURE OF CASE: THE RESPONDENT IS ALCOVA ACRES INVESTMENT CO( AAIC OR THE SYSTEM )- A WATER SYSTEM WHICH SERVES A SUBDIVI- SION CLOSE TO THE CITY OF CASPER, WYOMING. IT IS A FORMER FARMING COMMUNITY. THERE ARE 175 SERVICE CONNECTIONS & 600 PEOPLE SERVED YEAR ROUND. THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION PUR- SUANT TO 42 U.S.C. 300G-3(B) TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, (SDWA) 42 USC 300F ET ESQ. CAUSE OF ACTION: THE SYSTEM HAS EXPERIENCED RECURRING VIOLATIONS OF THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL(MCL) FOR BACTERIA, 40 CFR 141.14, & NITRATE, 141.11. THEY HAVE ALSO FAILED TO RE- PORT TEST RESULTS PROPERLY AS DESIGNATED UNDER 40 CFR 141.31(A) & HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY W/THE PUBLIC NOTIFICA- TION REQUIREMENTS OF 40 CFR 141.32. ALSO, SINCE 11/79, BACTERIOLOGICAL MONITORING HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMED REGULA- RLY. EPA HAS SENT THE SYSTEM APPROXIMATELY 7 LETTERS RE- GARDING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE SWDA. ALSO, EPA HAS MET W/THE SYSTEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS W/NO SUCCESS. PROPOSED REMEDY: THE ORDER OF THE COURT SHOULD HAVE THE SYSTEM COMPLY W/APPLICABLE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS & UNDERTAKE A STUDY TO CORRECT THE BACTERIA MCL PROBLEM & THE NITRATE MCL PROBLEM. EPA SHOULD SEEK SOME SIGNIFICANT CIVIL PLTY'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE SOMEWHAT UNCO