Is Applewood, CO tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 6 utilities serving Applewood has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Lookout Mountain WD.
City of Golden, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 35.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Applewood’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Golden
Colorado · serves 38,288 people · about 1,200 in Applewood
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 35.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Consolidated Mutual Maple Grove
Colorado · serves 81,400 people · about 970 in Applewood
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 18.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Genesee WSD
Colorado · serves 3,920 people · about 260 in Applewood
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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High View WD
Colorado · serves 4,000 people · about 240 in Applewood
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 9.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lookout Mountain WD
Colorado · serves 1,378 people · about 170 in Applewood
2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 110 ppb, above the legal limit.
13 health-based violations since 2016
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Forest Hills MD Riva Chase
Colorado · serves 400 people · under 100 in Applewood
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 85.4 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Applewood
The 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to Applewood, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
SGS North America, Inc. - Wheat Ridge
Wheat Ridge, CO · about 8 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Eurofins Denver
Arvada, CO · about 9 miles
Certified for nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, PFAS
Eurofins Reservoirs Environmental, Inc.
Arvada, CO · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Applewood
Which ZIP codes are in Applewood: 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 Applewood
Other towns in Jefferson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Golden’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water