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Is Durango, CO tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Durango, 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

6 of the 15 utilities serving Durango have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Durango West MD No 1, Lake Durango WA, Edgemont Ranch MD and 3 more.

City of Durango, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.1 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 Durango’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Durango

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

  • Purgatory MDserves 1,364 people · under 100 in Durango · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Goodman Poaserves 96 people · under 100 in Durango · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Southwest Horizon Ranchserves 323 people · under 100 in Durango · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Old Homestead MHPserves 120 people · under 100 in Durango · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Durango Jcmhp, LLCserves 100 people · under 100 in Durango · 16 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 City of Durango’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 Durango

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 Durango, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • La Plata County Water Quality Laboratory

    Durango, CO · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Durango

Which ZIP codes are in Durango: 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 Durango

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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