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Is Carbondale, CO tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Carbondale, 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

4 of the 15 utilities serving Carbondale have 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 Carbondale, Ranch at Roaring Fork, Aspen Mtn View Subd and 1 more.

Town of Carbondale, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Carbondale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Carbondale

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Carbondale than those above.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Town of Carbondale’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Carbondale

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 Carbondale, 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 42 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, radioactivity

  • Mesa County Public Health Regional Laboratory

    Grand Junction, CO · about 72 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Carbondale

Which ZIP codes are in Carbondale: 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 Carbondale

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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