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Lake City Tap Water Quality Report
Lake City's water record shows 11 contaminants with an EPA health goal detected in some samples (no level on file), 1 open health-based EPA violation and 1 health-based EPA violation that began after the latest compliance result on file. Consider using a certified water filter for additional protection.
Water system
LAKE CITY TOWN OF
People Served
587
Health-based violations since 2020
1 (1 open)
LAKE CITY TOWN OF. EPA SDWA violation data as of Q2 2026 (downloaded 2026-07-09).
Latest sample on file
Jan 2023 · LAKE CITY TOWN OF
Utilities publish newer results in their annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report).
Is Lake City Tap Water Safe to Drink?
We recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems. Lake City's water record shows 11 contaminants with an EPA health goal detected in some samples (no level on file), 1 open health-based EPA violation and 1 health-based EPA violation that began after the latest compliance result on file.
LAKE CITY TOWN OF, Lake City's water system, serves 587 people. Water quality testing is conducted regularly and reported to the EPA. The latest sample on file for LAKE CITY TOWN OF is from Jan 2023.
Boil water advisories are issued by water systems and state agencies, and they change from day to day. Boil water advisories in Colorado
Lake City Water Service Areas
What these numbers actually mean for Lake City, CO
We read Lake City, CO’s published record and send you a short report — which findings warrant a decision, which to ignore, and what to do about it. Including when the answer is nothing.
- 11 contaminants with an EPA health goal detected in some samples (no level on file), 1 open health-based EPA violation and 1 health-based EPA violation that began after the latest compliance result on file
- 79 results on file
- No PFAS results on record
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Fluoride in Lake City's water
LAKE CITY TOWN OF
PWSID CO0127467
LAKE CITY TOWN OF reported 0.14 mg/L, below the 0.7 mg/L U.S. Public Health Service recommendation.
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General-Purpose Water Filters for Lake City
Lake City's results show no result above EPA's health goals or legal limits, so these are general-purpose NSF/ANSI 53 certified filters, not chosen for any contaminant.
Pentair Residential Filtration, LLC
Everpure Residential H-300-NXT
NSF Certified:
Capacity
3001 gal
Filter Life
10 mo
Flow Rate
0.5 gpm
Removes 5 contaminants:
Whirlpool Corporation
W11256135
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.7 gpm
Removes 19 contaminants:
+14 more
Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Turbidity
Whirlpool Corporation
W11569861
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.52 gpm
Removes 22 contaminants:
+17 more
Atrazine, Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Styrene, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Trichloroethylene, Turbidity
Santevia
Bath Filter
NSF Certified:
Flow Rate
0.36 gpm
Highlights:
- Organic cotton design reduces plastic used in construction
- Affordable upfront & ongoing cost
- The only bath filter that removed 100% chlorine with “normal” faster faucet flow
Removes 1 contaminants:
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What Lake City's water readings can explain
We publish a city-level hardness figure for Lake City, resolved from its water systems where they report one and estimated from county sampling where they do not. Each page starts with the hot-tap and cold-tap check, then shows what your own water system reported.
On a private well near Lake City? Public-water results do not apply to private wells. See Hinsdale County well water testing and USGS risk data — modeled arsenic, nitrate, and the tests to run.
Water softener cost and installation in Lake City
Lake City's tap water has an estimated 3.8 grains per gallon (65.3 mg/L, county sampling in Hinsdale County) — moderately hard on the USGS scale, below the range where scale is usually worth treating.
Water softener cost for an estimated 3.8 gpg water in Lake City — equipment and local installation labour for your ZIP code, with the sizing arithmetic shown in full. For the national picture first, read what a water softener costs — equipment, installation labour and ten-year ownership, each separated out. For Colorado as a whole, read water softener cost in Colorado — priced against the plumber wage published for the state.
Frequently Asked Questions About Lake City Tap Water
Lake City's water record shows 11 contaminants with an EPA health goal detected in some samples (no level on file), 1 open health-based EPA violation and 1 health-based EPA violation that began after the latest compliance result on file. We recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems. EPA records a health-based violation for LAKE CITY TOWN OF that began after its latest compliance result on file (Jan 2023): Failure to Filter (SWTR) (Surface Water Treatment Rule), which began on April 26, 2026. Every such result predates it, so none can show the water met the standard since, and this page does not call the water safe.
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