Is Woodmoor, CO tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 5 utilities serving Woodmoor have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Colorado’s records: Woodmoor WSD, Town of Monument and Forest View Acres WD.
Woodmoor WSD, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 31.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Woodmoor’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Woodmoor WSD
Colorado · serves 18,031 people · about 1,700 in Woodmoor
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 31.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Town of Monument
Colorado · serves 5,740 people · about 1,000 in Woodmoor
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 33 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
11 health-based violations since 2016
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Triview MD
Colorado · serves 5,737 people · about 450 in Woodmoor
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 36 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Forest View Acres WD
Colorado · serves 772 people · about 130 in Woodmoor
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
3 health-based violations since 2016
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Forest Lakes MD
Colorado · serves 1,049 people · about 130 in Woodmoor
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 26 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Woodmoor
The 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to Woodmoor, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
El Paso County Health Department
Colorado Springs, CO · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Colorado Department of Health & Environment
Denver, CO · about 43 miles
Certified for bacteria
SGS North America, Inc. - Denver
Denver, CO · about 48 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Woodmoor
Which ZIP codes are in Woodmoor: 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 Woodmoor
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Woodmoor WSD’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water