Is Paint Brush Hills Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: El Paso

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

1,806

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Fluoride	2352 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 4100 µg/L	28/28	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.4 pCi/L 28% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.6 pCi/L	25/30	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	17/17	LCR	2025
Barium	15.5 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 20 µg/L	16/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	3.775 pCi/L 25% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 8.5 pCi/L	16/30	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	20 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	12/114	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	11.07 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 11.7 µg/L	10/25	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	6.075 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 7.6 µg/L	6/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	54.4 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 60 µg/L	5/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.88 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2 µg/L	4/23	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.845 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	4/23	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.615 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.9 µg/L	4/23	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrite	34.55 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 35 µg/L	4/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1.91 µg/L 3.8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2 µg/L	4/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	0.9570 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1 µg/L	3/23	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	4.8 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 5 µg/L	3/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.38 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	3/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Lithium	35.9 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/4	UCMR-5	2024
Arsenic	3 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloromethane	0.2400 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/39	SYR4	2012–2019
Hexachlorobenzene	0.0200 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 1 µg/L	1/41	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	6.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/5	SYR4	2015–2019

88 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,3,7,8-TCDD2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDichloroacetic AcidDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateGross Beta Particle ActivityHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: KNEPPER, STEVE D
Phone: 719-495-8188
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Paint Brush Hills

Is Paint Brush Hills tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Paint Brush Hills's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Paint Brush Hills's water?

EPA monitoring detected Fluoride, Combined Radium (-226 And -228), Lead, Barium, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Paint Brush Hills serve?

Paint Brush Hills reports serving 4,994 people in Colorado, per its EPA record.

Has Paint Brush Hills had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 1806 violations on file for Paint Brush Hills, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.