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Divide Mpc MD No 1

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
679 people
Connections
67
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Divide, CO
County
Teller
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

80814

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Copper, above the action level. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2016 to 2026.

Uranium, fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic and chromium (total): Colorado’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 24, 2020 to July 28, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Copper

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

1.4ppm

90th percentile, 2026

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.4 ppm, above EPA’s action level of 1.3 ppm.

What handles it

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

1.2ppb

90th percentile, 2026

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.2 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

1.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2026

2026, one sample: 1.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.4 ppb, in 2022: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.5 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

1.7ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2024

2024, one sample: 1.3 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.7 ppm, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.3 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.4 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

23.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 19.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 23.5 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 23.9 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 19.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 23.5 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

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

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.5ppm

Highest sample; found in 7 of 7

2026, one sample: 2.5 ppm

The highest sample, in 2026, was 2.5 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 2.5 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 3.3 ppm, in 2014.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

6.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 6.1 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 6.1 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 6.1 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 8.4 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

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.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Copper Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Copper, Lead

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Copper Reduction, Lead Reduction, Uranium

    For: Copper, Lead, Uranium

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 72 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Uranium, fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Colorado’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Divide Mpc MD No 1’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 July 28, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Divide Mpc MD No 1’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 Divide Mpc MD No 1 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 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

  • GeoWater Services

    Evergreen, CO · about 48 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Colorado Department of Health & Environment

    Denver, CO · about 55 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

Sources

PWSID CO0160295. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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