Fountain Valley Authority

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

Serves: 13 people
Connections: 5
Water source: Surface water
Based in: Colorado Springs, CO
County: El Paso
Owner: Local government

The short answer

Nothing in EPA’s and Colorado’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, not everything. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What was found

Fluoride, nitrate, chromium (total), arsenic and uranium: Colorado’s own results, samples taken from June 3, 2020 to July 1, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Below EPA’s limits3

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.44ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025, one sample: 0.41 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.44 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.41 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.53 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Fluoride Reduction”
NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Fluoride”

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.31ppm

Highest sample; found in 6 of 6

2025: not found

The highest sample, in 2021, was 0.31 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2025, 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 0.47 ppm, in 2014.

What handles it

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

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.7 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.3 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Chromium (Hexavalent) Reduction”
NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Chromium Reduction”

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.

Arsenic
Uranium

Violations since 2016

Contaminant or rule	Type	Period	Measured	Status
Total organic carbon	Not enough organic matter was removed. It reacts with disinfectant to form byproducts.EPA: Treatment Technique Precursor Removal	Jan. 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016	0.44 RATIO	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. Fluoride, nitrate, chromium (total), arsenic and uranium results here are Colorado’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Fountain Valley Authority’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 June 3, 2020 to July 1, 2025.

Testing your own tap

Fountain Valley Authority’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.

No lab Colorado certifies is within 75 miles of the area Fountain Valley Authority serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 54 certified labs for Colorado