Is COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES's water safe to drink?
COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 464,111 people get their water from it, across 151,608 connections.
COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES's record against the rest of the country
5 total violations and 1 health-based ones put COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES at the 33th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,638 of 12,903.
Against the CO average
CO's 230 covered systems average 3.0 health-based violations each; COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 1992-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES's record does not cover
Everything on this page is COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,638th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.