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Is Cedaredge, CO tap water safe?

6 utilities serve Cedaredge, 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.

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The short answer

2 of the 6 utilities serving Cedaredge have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Upper Surface Creek Domestic WUA and Coalby Domestic WC.

Town of Cedaredge, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 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 Cedaredge’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Town of Cedaredge’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 Cedaredge

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

  • Mesa County Public Health Regional Laboratory

    Grand Junction, CO · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Cedaredge

Which ZIP codes are in Cedaredge: 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 Cedaredge

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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