Big Elk Meadows Wa, CO
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Big Elk Meadows Wa at a glance
Big Elk Meadows Wa serves about 405 people through 157 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Larimer County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0135143; phone on file: 720-762-9798. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 3 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Big Elk Meadows Wa is 34 ppb across 21 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 6 ppb |
| 2021 | 5 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 6 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 34 ppb over 15 |
How Big Elk Meadows Wa compares
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. Big Elk Meadows Wa's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 20th percentile in Colorado and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
44 other systems share Larimer County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Big Elk Meadows Wa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ft Collins City Of | 179,901 | 2.8 ppb |
| Loveland City Of | 91,077 | 3.3 ppb |
| Ft Collins Loveland Wd | 63,532 | 2 ppb |
| East Larimer County Wd | 27,944 | 3.9 ppb |
| Csu Main And West Housing Campus | 27,375 | 8 ppb |
| Little Thompson Wd | 25,654 | - |
| Estes Park Town Of | 16,722 | 1.4 ppb |
| Berthoud Town Of | 14,211 | 10 ppb |
| Wellington Town Of | 11,720 | 3.7 ppb |
| Northern Colorado Wa | 4,675 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Ft Morgan, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ft Morgan, 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 Big Elk Meadows Wa whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1440 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. More in what a past exceedance means today.