Water Utility

City and County of Broomfield

Location Broomfield, Colorado,
CO
Serves 106,153
Source Surface water
PWS ID CO0107155

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 0.282 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
70x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 5.09 ppb No Legal Limit
85x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 19.8 ppb No Legal Limit
50x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb

Chromium (hexavalent)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0424 ppb No Legal Limit
2.1x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.959 ppb No Legal Limit
9.6x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 10.3 ppb No Legal Limit
52x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.2 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 17.1 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
171x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 23.7 ppb No Legal Limit
396x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.3 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
26x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 25.9 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
173x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb

Trichloroacetic acid

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 6.79 ppb No Legal Limit
68x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 0.605 ppb Legal Limit: 6 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
1 ppb
This Utility: 14.1 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 0.055 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.04 ppb
This Utility: 147.4 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
210 ppb
This Utility: 0.335 ppb Legal Limit: 100 ppb
This Utility: 0.024 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.03 ppb
This Utility: 0.636 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 3.35 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 1.38 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
40 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0467 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.116 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 ppb
This Utility: 0.748 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
21 ppb

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 8 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+2 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 11 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+9 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

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Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Bromodichloromethane
Chloroform
Chromium (hexavalent)*
Dibromochloromethane
Dichloroacetic acid
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Trichloroacetic acid
Other Contaminants Detected
Antimony
Barium
Cadmium
Chlorate*
Chromium (total)
Dibromoacetic acid
Fluoride
Manganese
Molybdenum
Nitrate
Strontium*
Vanadium*

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