Buena Vista Town Of, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (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. 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
Buena Vista Town Of serves about 3,776 people through 2,092 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Chaffee County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0108300; phone on file: 719-395-6898. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Buena Vista Town Of is 3 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.1 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. Buena Vista Town Of's 1 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Colorado and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Chaffee County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Buena Vista Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Salida City Of | 5,666 | 0 (not detected) |
| Poncha Springs Town Of | 2,118 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buena Vista Correctional Facility | 1,700 | 3 ppb |
| Game Trail Association Inc | 480 | 1 ppb |
| Mesa Antero Subd | 250 | 2.5 ppb |
| Trail West Assoc | 249 | 1.5 ppb |
| Chateau Chaparrel Cg | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glenview Owners Assoc | 195 | 0.5 ppb |
| Princeton Estates Subd | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinon Pines Property Llc | 100 | 2.5 ppb |
Next steps for Buena Vista, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Buena Vista, 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 Buena Vista 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.