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Avondale WSD

What EPA’s and Colorado’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
1,615 people
Connections
484
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Avondale, CO
County
Pueblo
Owner
Local government
The 2 ZIP codes it serves

81022, 81025

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2013 to 2026.

Uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total): Colorado’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 24, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

5.6ppb

90th percentile, 2026

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 5.6 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

8.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 8.6 ppb, in 2025: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 3.7 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

53ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 20.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 53 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 58.9 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 20.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 72.7 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

17ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 8.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 17 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 25.6 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 8.6 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 27.4 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.0ppm

Highest sample; found in 7 of 7

2026, one sample: 0.5 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 2.0 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.5 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 2.6 ppm, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.8ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2022

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.8 ppm, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.97 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Surface Water Treatment RuleWater drawn from a river, lake or reservoir was not filtered as required.EPA: Failure to Filter (SWTR)July 2, 2018—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 5 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Colorado’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Avondale WSD’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Colorado’s results run from Aug. 24, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Avondale WSD’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Colorado certifies.

The 2 labs Colorado certifies closest to the area Avondale WSD serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment

    Pueblo, CO · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • El Paso County Health Department

    Colorado Springs, CO · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

Sources

PWSID CO0151050. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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