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City of Victor

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
491 people
Connections
500
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Victor, CO
County
Teller
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

80860

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5), above the legal limit. 6 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2018 to 2025.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and uranium: Colorado’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 18, 2020 to Sept. 16, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

65.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 30.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 65.5 ppb, in 2023, above EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 82.4 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 30.8 ppb. EPA recorded violations for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility in 2023 and 2024. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 45 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

1.8ppb

90th percentile, 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.8 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

Below EPA’s limits3

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

65.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 45.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 65.8 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 84.7 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its five samples averaged 45.7 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 56.4 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

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

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

2.2ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 1.8 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.2 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.8 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.4 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.25ppm

Highest sample; found in 7 of 8

2026, one sample: 0.11 ppm

The highest sample, in 2025, was 0.25 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.11 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.23 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

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

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.”

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyMay 9, 2025—Resolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2024 to March 31, 20240.063 MG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 20230.065 MG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 20230.066 MG/LResolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleToo many readings in a month showed cloudiness above the filtration standard.EPA: Monthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Dec. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2022—Resolved
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyNov. 23, 2022—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 32 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and uranium results here are Colorado’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. City of Victor’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. 18, 2020 to Sept. 16, 2026.

Testing your own tap

City of Victor’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 City of Victor serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • El Paso County Health Department

    Colorado Springs, CO · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

  • Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment

    Pueblo, CO · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • GeoWater Services

    Evergreen, CO · about 67 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

Sources

PWSID CO0160700. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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