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Town of la Veta

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
850 people
Connections
586
Water source
Surface water
Based in
La Veta, CO
County
Huerfano
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

81055

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. 5 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, chromium (total) and nitrate: Colorado’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 12, 2020 to Aug. 26, 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

65.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 64.1 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 65.6 ppb, in 2022, above EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 89.9 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 64.1 ppb, above the limit. EPA recorded violations for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility in 2022 and 2023. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 45.6 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Above the health goal1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

3.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.0 ppb, in 2023: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Below EPA’s limits3

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

58.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 58.4 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 96.3 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. 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 62.6 ppb, in 2012.

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

0.37ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 0.23 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.37 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.23 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.38 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

4.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.0 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

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

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: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 20230.062 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
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2023 to June 30, 20230.067 MG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2023 to March 31, 20230.063 MG/LResolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 20220.066 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 14 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, chromium (total) and nitrate results here are Colorado’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Town of la Veta’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. 12, 2020 to Aug. 26, 2026.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Sangre De Cristo Laboratory

    Alamosa, CO · about 40 miles

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

  • Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment

    Pueblo, CO · about 60 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

Sources

PWSID CO0128500. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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