Skip to content
TapBuff
ZIP

Is Trinidad, CO tap water safe?

10 utilities serve Trinidad, 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

3 of the 10 utilities serving Trinidad have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Town of Cokedale, Chicosa Water Users Association and Santa Fe Trail Ranch MD.

City of Trinidad, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.6 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 Trinidad’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Trinidad

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.

No lab Colorado certifies is within 75 miles of Trinidad on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

ZIP codes in Trinidad

Which ZIP codes are in Trinidad: 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.

Near Trinidad

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

What to do next