Is Cimarron Hills, CO tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Cimarron Hills has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records.
Colorado Springs Utilities, 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 17 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 Cimarron Hills’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Colorado Springs Utilities
Colorado · serves 464,111 people · about 11,200 in Cimarron Hills
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cherokee MD
Colorado · serves 29,610 people · about 8,700 in Cimarron Hills
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 6.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Colorado Springs Utilities’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Cimarron Hills
The 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to Cimarron Hills, 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 6 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment
Pueblo, CO · about 41 miles
Certified for bacteria
Colorado Department of Health & Environment
Denver, CO · about 59 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Cimarron Hills: 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 Cimarron Hills
Other towns in El Paso County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Colorado Springs Utilities’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