Is BERTHOUD TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
BERTHOUD TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 14,211 people through 5,494 service connections.
BERTHOUD TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
BERTHOUD TOWN OF has 60 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,596th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 80th percentile nationally.
How BERTHOUD TOWN OF compares within CO
CO's 230 covered systems average 3.0 health-based violations each; BERTHOUD TOWN OF carries 7, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BERTHOUD TOWN OF is from 2022-01-05 (health-based: 2019-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BERTHOUD TOWN OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BERTHOUD TOWN OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 7 health-based violations on file for BERTHOUD TOWN OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.