Is Milliken, CO tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 5 utilities serving Milliken has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Town of Johnstown.
Town of Milliken, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 6.0 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 Milliken’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Town of Milliken
Colorado · serves 9,200 people · about 1,400 in Milliken
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 6.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Little Thompson WD
Colorado · serves 25,654 people · about 1,100 in Milliken
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 4.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Johnstown
Colorado · serves 27,295 people · about 620 in Milliken
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Platteville
Colorado · serves 2,900 people · under 100 in Milliken
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Central Weld Cnty WD
Colorado · serves 7,662 people · under 100 in Milliken
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 6.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Milliken
The 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to Milliken, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
IEH-Warren Analytical Laboratory
Greeley, CO · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Weld County Department of Public Health & Environment
Greeley, CO · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity
EAnalytics Laboratory
Loveland, CO · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Milliken: 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 Milliken
Other towns in Weld County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Milliken’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water