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Valley Maint Corp No 2

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
55 people
Connections
25
Water source
Groundwater influenced by surface water
Based in
Divide, CO
County
Teller
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

80814

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. 5 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2016 to 2025.

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 1.4 ppm, for the period ending Dec. 31, 2008. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Fluoride, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic and chromium (total): Colorado’s own results, samples taken from June 29, 2020 to March 24, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Sept. 4, 2012 to Dec. 23, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

6.7ppb

90th percentile, 2023 to 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 6.7 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

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.44ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.44 ppb, in 2019: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

1.8ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.8 ppm, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.8 ppm, in 2017.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.7ppm

Highest sample; found in 8 of 8

2026, one sample: 1.8 ppm

The highest sample, in 2022, was 2.7 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.8 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 2.0 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

4.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025 average: 3.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.9 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 6.8 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 3.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.2 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

2.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.7 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.3 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

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.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyJan. 30, 2026—Unaddressed
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts RuleTreatment was not run by a certified operator as required.EPA: Treatment Technique No Certif. OperatorNov. 1, 2023—Resolved
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts RuleTreatment was not run by a certified operator as required.EPA: Treatment Technique No Certif. OperatorNov. 1, 2022—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleToo many readings in a month showed cloudiness above the filtration standard.EPA: Monthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Oct. 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022—Resolved
Surface Water Treatment RuleWater drawn from a river, lake or reservoir was not filtered as required.EPA: Failure to Filter (SWTR)July 12, 2020—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 165 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Fluoride, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Colorado’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Uranium comes from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Valley Maint Corp No 2’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and 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 June 29, 2020 to March 24, 2026; EPA’s compliance samples are from Sept. 4, 2012 to Dec. 23, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Valley Maint Corp No 2’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 Valley Maint Corp No 2 serves, 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 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

  • GeoWater Services

    Evergreen, CO · about 48 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Colorado Department of Health & Environment

    Denver, CO · about 55 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 54 certified labs for Colorado

Sources

PWSID CO0160551. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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