Does our water contain any radioactive chemicals, radionuclides, or radioactive metals?
The city annually submits drinking water samples to a commercial lab for radioactivity analysis. In most cases, a very small level of radioactivity is detected.However, these amounts are always far below any human risk level as defined by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Any radioactivity found is naturally present due to our proximity to the mountains where radioactive deposits naturally occur.
