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Is Penrose, CO tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Penrose, 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 2 utilities serving Penrose has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Penrose WD.

Penrose WD, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 7.0 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 Penrose’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Penrose

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 2 labs Colorado certifies closest to Penrose, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment

    Pueblo, CO · about 27 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • El Paso County Health Department

    Colorado Springs, CO · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Penrose

Which ZIP codes are in Penrose: 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 Penrose

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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