Physical & aggregate · 2024

Turbidity in Boulder, CO tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Boulder, CO's 2024 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Treated Sweetwater Authority Drinking Water
0.27 NTU

Verbatim from Boulder, CO's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Turbidity

A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.

High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.

How Boulder, CO compares

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People also ask

+Is there Turbidity in Boulder, CO tap water?

Yes — Boulder, CO's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 0.27 NTU. Boulder, CO's 2024 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit.

+What's the federal limit for Turbidity in drinking water?

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Turbidity. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is Turbidity?

A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.

+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Boulder, CO water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/co/boulder/2024/source.

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