Understanding water quality from area-wide public data can help guide your household’s decisions about safe drinking water. However, remember that the publicly reported information reflects results for the entire Broomfield City and County water system and not for your specific home’s water. Individual water conditions require testing your own water.
Start with the Simplest Checks Before Testing
Review Your Water Bill or Water Provider Notice
Check for any recent advisories or health-related notices from Broomfield’s water system, which serves over 106,000 people through more than 14,000 connections.
Observe Common Household Signs
Look for taste, smell, or appearance changes in your tap water that could indicate issues warranting further testing.
Obtain Certified Laboratory Testing
If concerns persist, a professional laboratory test of your home’s water will establish specific constituent levels and inform treatment needs.
Interpreting Broomfield’s Public Water System Data
Median and Distribution Levels
The system reports a lead concentration at the 90th percentile of 0.0025 mg/L as of December 31, 2024. This figure relates to distribution system sampling, including household plumbing, not source water. It indicates that 90% of tested sites have lead concentrations at or below this level.
Health-Based Violations Reported
The EPA records two health-based violations for the Broomfield system, which serve as an important context for considering treatment options but do not specify individual home risk.
Recognizing Changes Over Time in Broomfield’s Water Quality
Sampling Dates Indicate Recent Measurements
The latest lead sample was taken at the end of 2024; other constituents’ data may cover multiple years reflecting ongoing monitoring.
Variations Reflect System-Wide Influences
Seasonal or infrastructure-related changes affect water quality metrics reported for the public system, not the exact levels in your home at this moment.
How Constituents Enter Broomfield’s Water Supply
Surface Water Source
Broomfield’s system relies on surface water, which can pick up varying substances from environmental sources before treatment.
Distribution System and Plumbing Contributions
Lead measurements reported at the 90th percentile reflect contributions from home plumbing materials and system components rather than the raw source water.
How the Pentair Safe Drinking Water Filter Addresses Household Needs
Designed to Reduce Lead and Similar Contaminants
The Pentair Safe Drinking Water Filter ships ready to configure and employs proven technology to reduce lead and other detected constituents at the point of use within the home.
Complements Municipal Treatment Processes
While Broomfield employs multiple treatment steps, this filter provides an additional layer of protection tailored to household-specific water conditions confirmed by testing.
This checklist has walked through determining your home’s safe drinking water needs beginning with area data awareness, progressing through testing recommendations, recognizing water quality variation, and understanding constituent sources. The Pentair Safe Drinking Water Filter offers a documented approach to address these concerns at the household level after confirmed water testing.
Where this information comes from
Source: EPA SDWIS public water system record. Sampled 2024-12-31. These figures describe the public water system's record, not the plumbing inside any individual building.
On record: EPA SDWIS record for BROOMFIELD CITY AND COUNTY OF (CO0107155), surface water supply, serving 106153 people: 2 health-based violations of 3 total; lead 90th percentile 0.0025 mg/L
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