Is Limon, CO tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Limon has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Limon Correctional Facility.
Town of Limon, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 67.2 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 Limon’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Town of Limon
Colorado · serves 5,080 people · under 100 in Limon
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 67.2 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Limon Correctional Facility
Colorado · serves 1,289 people · based in Limon
1 result above the action level. The worst: Copper at 1.4 ppm, above the action level.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Limon
The 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to Limon, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Fort Morgan, City of
Ft. Morgan, CO · about 58 miles
Certified for bacteria
El Paso County Health Department
Colorado Springs, CO · about 66 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
SGS North America, Inc. - Denver
Denver, CO · about 66 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Limon
Which ZIP codes are in Limon: 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 Limon
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Limon’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