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Beulah Water Works District

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
445 people
Connections
166
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Beulah, CO
County
Pueblo
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

81023

The short answer

2 results are above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the legal limit. 7 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), uranium, fluoride, chromium (total), nitrate and arsenic: Colorado’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 6, 2020 to Aug. 19, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit2

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

121ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 121 ppb, in 2026, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 297 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA recorded violations for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2022 and 2023. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 76.6 ppb, in 2014.

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

Above the legal limit

59ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 44 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 59 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 85 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 44 ppb. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded a violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility in 2022. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 42.3 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.48ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.48 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.71ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 0.53 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.71 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.53 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.66 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 2.0 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.0 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 2.0 ppb.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.041ppm

Highest sample; found in 1 of 7

2026: not found

The highest sample, in 2020, was 0.041 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.062 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Lead

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.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claim: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Uranium

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Uranium

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2023 to June 30, 20230.086 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2023 to March 31, 20230.097 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 20220.1 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 20220.1 MG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 20220.066 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2022 to June 30, 20220.093 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2022 to March 31, 20220.086 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 25 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), uranium, fluoride, chromium (total), nitrate and arsenic results here are Colorado’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Beulah Water Works District’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 Feb. 6, 2020 to Aug. 19, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Beulah Water Works District’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 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to the area Beulah Water Works District 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 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • El Paso County Health Department

    Colorado Springs, CO · about 58 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

  • Sangre De Cristo Laboratory

    Alamosa, CO · about 62 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

Sources

PWSID CO0151100. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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