Bayfield Town Of, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Who runs the water here
Bayfield Town Of serves about 2,300 people through 1,200 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in La Plata County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0134030; phone on file: 970-769-1943. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.6 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bayfield Town Of is 3.1 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 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. Bayfield Town Of's 2.7 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Colorado and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in La Plata County
52 other systems share La Plata County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bayfield Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Durango City Of | 33,787 | 3.1 ppb |
| Animas Wc | 3,096 | 8.8 ppb |
| Forest Lakes Md | 1,699 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lake Durango Wa | 1,577 | 0.7 ppb |
| Purgatory Md | 1,364 | 2 ppb |
| Edgemont Ranch Md | 1,200 | 1.5 ppb |
| Durango West Md No 2 | 930 | 2 ppb |
| Ignacio Town Of | 800 | 0.8 ppb |
| Durango West Md No 1 | 750 | 1 ppb |
| Elbert Creek Water Co | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Bayfield, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bayfield, 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 Bayfield Town 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.