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Is Basalt, CO tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Basalt, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Colorado’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Basalt has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records.

Town of Basalt, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Basalt’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Basalt

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 2 labs Colorado certifies closest to Basalt, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Eagle River W / S District

    Avon, CO · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, radioactivity

  • GeoWater Services

    Evergreen, CO · about 75 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Basalt

Which ZIP codes are in Basalt: 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 Basalt

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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