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Is Steamboat Springs, CO tap water safe?

14 utilities serve Steamboat Springs, 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

5 of the 14 utilities serving Steamboat Springs have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Steamboat II MD, Dakota Ridge HOA, MT Werner WD and 2 more.

City of Steamboat Springs, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Colorado’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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 Steamboat Springs’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

4 more utilities in Steamboat Springs

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

  • Riverbend Cabinsserves 55 people · based in Steamboat Springs · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Fox Estates HOAserves 50 people · based in Steamboat Springs · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Sidney Peak Ranchserves 42 people · based in Steamboat Springs · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Alpine Mountain Ranch MDserves 25 people · based in Steamboat Springs · no health-based violations since 2016

Water testing near Steamboat Springs

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

  • ACZ Laboratories, Inc.

    Steamboat Springs, CO · under a mile

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

  • Routt County Env. Health Dept.

    Steamboat Springs, CO · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

  • Eagle River W / S District

    Avon, CO · about 68 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, radioactivity

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Steamboat Springs

Which ZIP codes are in Steamboat Springs: 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 Steamboat Springs

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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