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What EPA’s and Colorado’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
38 people
Connections
20
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Wetmore, CO
County
Custer
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

81253

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the legal limit. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2007 to 2025.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic and chromium (total): Colorado’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 2, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

71.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 71.5 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 89.8 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded a violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 76 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Above the health goal2

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

29ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025, one sample: 24.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 29 ppb, in 2023: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 24.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 24 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

0.9ppb

90th percentile, 2023 to 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 0.9 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

14.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 13.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 14.4 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 23.8 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 13.8 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 20.5 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.31ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.31 ppm, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.38 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.051ppm

Highest sample; found in 3 of 6

2025: not found

The highest sample, in 2020, was 0.051 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.1 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Uranium, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Uranium, Lead

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2020 to June 30, 20200.087 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 6 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Colorado’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Tv Hills Water’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Colorado’s results run from Feb. 2, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Tv Hills Water’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Colorado certifies.

The 3 labs Colorado certifies closest to the area Tv Hills Water serves, 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 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • El Paso County Health Department

    Colorado Springs, CO · about 47 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

  • Sangre De Cristo Laboratory

    Alamosa, CO · about 66 miles

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

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

Sources

PWSID CO0114550. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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