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Is Nathrop, CO tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Nathrop, 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

1 of the 3 utilities serving Nathrop has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: MT Princeton HOA.

Chateau Chaparrel Cg, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 8.1 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 Nathrop’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Nathrop

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

  • Eagle River W / S District

    Avon, CO · about 65 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, radioactivity

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Nathrop

Which ZIP codes are in Nathrop: 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 Nathrop

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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