El Paso County tap water
1 of 17 water systems serving El Paso County with full PFAS testing averaged above a 2024 federal PFAS level at one or more sampling points.
- 73 community water systems list this county as served; 17 serve 3,300+ people with full PFAS testing.
- 20 had a health-based violation since 2021-10-26.
Largest systems serving this county
| System | Source | People served (whole system) | PFAS above a 2024 level? | Violations since 2021-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Springs Utilities | Surface water | 464,111 | No | 0 |
| US Department of the Army Fort Carson | Purchased surface water | 48,000 | No | 0 |
| Cherokee Md | Groundwater | 29,610 | No | 0 |
| Widefield Wsd | Purchased surface water | 27,640 | Yes | 0 |
| Fountain City of | Purchased surface water | 25,130 | No | 0 |
| Security Water District | Purchased surface water | 20,000 | No | 0 |
| Woodmoor Wsd | Surface water | 18,031 | No | 0 |
| US Air Force Academy | Purchased surface water | 16,876 | No | 0 |
| Woodmen Hills Md | Groundwater | 13,888 | No | 0 |
| Meridian Service Md | Groundwater | 12,760 | No | 0 |
| Manitou Springs City of | Surface water | 6,938 | No | 1 |
| Stratmoor Hills Wsd | Purchased surface water | 6,500 | No | 1 |
Which one is yours? A county usually has several utilities. Your bill or your utility's annual water-quality report names yours. Population is for the whole system, which can cross county lines.
Not medical or legal advice. UCMR 5 results are screening data, not compliance determinations.
Sources and freshness
Public-water-system facts, violations and lead/copper results: EPA ECHO SDWA download (SDWIS snapshot 2026-10-13). PFAS and lithium results: EPA UCMR 5 final data (sampling 2023–2025). Both are U.S. government works, downloaded 2026-10-26. Numbers are computed by the published method; the same fields are in the open data files.