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Is Pueblo West, CO tap water safe?

Pueblo West MD serves Pueblo West, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Colorado’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Pueblo West MD serves Pueblo West. In EPA’s and Colorado’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 3 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 55.4 ppb, above the legal limit.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Pueblo West MD’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Pueblo West

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 Pueblo West, 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 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • El Paso County Health Department

    Colorado Springs, CO · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Pueblo West

Which ZIP codes are in Pueblo West: 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 Pueblo West

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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