Is Williamsburg, CO tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Williamsburg has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: City of Florence.
City of Florence, 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 Williamsburg’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Florence
Colorado · serves 7,500 people · about 100 in Williamsburg
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.6 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Town of Williamsburg
Colorado · serves 775 people · under 100 in Williamsburg
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Williamsburg
The 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to Williamsburg, 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 36 miles
Certified for bacteria
El Paso County Health Department
Colorado Springs, CO · about 39 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Sangre De Cristo Laboratory
Alamosa, CO · about 72 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Williamsburg: 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 Williamsburg
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Florence’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water