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Is Air Force Academy, CO tap water safe?

US Air Force Academy serves Air Force Academy, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Colorado’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

US Air Force Academy serves Air Force Academy. In EPA’s and Colorado’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 0.6 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in US Air Force Academy’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Air Force Academy

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Colorado certifies.

The 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to Air Force Academy, 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 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

  • Colorado Department of Health & Environment

    Denver, CO · about 50 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment

    Pueblo, CO · about 51 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Air Force Academy

Which ZIP codes are in Air Force Academy: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: CDPHE certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Air Force Academy

Other towns in El Paso County with a page of their own.

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