Inorganic chemicals · 2023
Nitrate in Denver, CO tap water
Denver, CO's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows Nitrate at or above the federal limit (10 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 9.1× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 170 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCL |
Average System-wide | 91 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCL |
Average System-wide | 45 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCL |
Average System-wide | 38 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCL |
Range System-wide | 130 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCL |
Range System-wide | 190 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCL |
Verbatim from Denver, CO's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Nitrate
A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits.
Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.
How Denver, CO compares
5 of the 318 systems measuring Nitrate on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Nitrate:
People also ask
+Is there Nitrate in Denver, CO tap water?
Yes — Denver, CO's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Nitrate at 91 ug/L. Denver, CO's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows Nitrate at or above the federal limit (10 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 9.1× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Nitrate in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Nitrate is 10 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Nitrate?
A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits. Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.
+Which other U.S. cities have Nitrate over the federal limit?
5 of the 318 systems on The Water Map measuring Nitrate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Columbus, OH, Hollywood, FL, Mcallen, TX.
+Where does this Nitrate measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Nitrate entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Denver, 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/denver/2023/source.