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Is Golden, CO tap water safe?

11 utilities serve Golden, 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 11 utilities serving Golden have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Lookout Mountain WD, MT Vernon Country Club, Golden Terrace West and 1 more.

City of Golden, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 35.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.

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

1 more utility in Golden

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

  • Golden Terrace Southserves 425 people · lists Golden among the places it serves · 1 health-based violation since 2016

Water testing near Golden

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

  • Hazen Research

    Golden, CO · about 6 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity

  • SGS North America, Inc. - Wheat Ridge

    Wheat Ridge, CO · about 8 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity

  • Eurofins Denver

    Arvada, CO · about 8 miles

    Certified for nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, PFAS

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Golden

Which ZIP codes are in Golden: 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 Golden

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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