Arvada City Of, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Arvada City Of at a glance
Arvada City Of serves about 171,610 people through 39,327 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Jefferson County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0130001; phone on file: 720-898-7802. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (3.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Arvada City Of is 5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
Against other Colorado systems
Of the 1,025 Colorado systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Arvada City Of's 3.1 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Colorado and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jefferson County
50 other systems share Jefferson County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Arvada City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Mutual Maple Grove | 81,400 | 3.7 ppb |
| Green Mountain Wsd | 49,400 | - |
| Bancroft Clover Wsd | 44,000 | - |
| Golden City Of | 38,288 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bear Creek Wsd | 30,000 | - |
| Wheat Ridge Water District | 20,000 | - |
| Evergreen Md | 15,750 | 6 ppb |
| Ken Caryl Wsd | 12,000 | - |
| Lakehurst Wsd | 12,000 | - |
| North Table Mountain Wsd | 10,000 | 1.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Arvada, CO may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Arvada City Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.