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Is Placerville, CO tap water safe?

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

Town of Sawpit, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 2.7 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.

Water testing near Placerville

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

  • La Plata County Water Quality Laboratory

    Durango, CO · about 62 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Placerville

Which ZIP codes are in Placerville: 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 Placerville

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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