Is Meeker, CO tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Meeker has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Buckskin Valley Subdivision.
Town of Meeker, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.0 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 Meeker’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Town of Meeker
Colorado · serves 2,473 people · under 100 in Meeker
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cross L Estates
Colorado · serves 50 people · based in Meeker
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Buckskin Valley Subdivision
Colorado · serves 28 people · based in Meeker
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Ridge Estates Homeowners Association
Colorado · serves 28 people · based in Meeker
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
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 Town of Meeker’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 Meeker
The 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to Meeker, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
ACZ Laboratories, Inc.
Steamboat Springs, CO · about 57 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity
Routt County Env. Health Dept.
Steamboat Springs, CO · about 57 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eagle River W / S District
Avon, CO · about 74 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Meeker
Which ZIP codes are in Meeker: 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 Meeker
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Meeker’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water