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Is Northglenn, CO tap water safe?

12 utilities serve Northglenn, 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.

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The short answer

5 of the 12 utilities serving Northglenn have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: County of Broomfield City and, Kimberly Hills MHP, Denver Cascade MHP and 2 more.

City of Northglenn, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 19.8 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 Northglenn’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

2 more utilities in Northglenn

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

  • The Grove at Alta Ridgeserves 1,300 people · under 100 in Northglenn · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Lamplighter MHPserves 651 people · under 100 in Northglenn · 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 City of Northglenn’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Northglenn

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

  • Murray-Brown Laboratories, LLC.

    Northglenn, CO · about 2 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Colorado Analytical Laboratory - Commerce City

    Commerce City, CO · about 3 miles

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

  • SGS North America, Inc. - Denver

    Denver, CO · about 10 miles

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

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Northglenn

Which ZIP codes are in Northglenn: 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 Northglenn

Other towns in Adams County with a page of their own.

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