Burlington City Of, CO
Lead reported as not detected
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 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Burlington City Of serves about 3,720 people through 1,624 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 groundwater, in Kit Carson County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0132005; phone on file: 719-346-8652. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Burlington City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Burlington City Of is 4.6 ppb across 19 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.7 ppb |
How Burlington City Of 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. Burlington City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Colorado and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Kit Carson County
5 other systems share Kit Carson County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Burlington City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Flagler Town Of | 2,160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stratton Town Of | 960 | 0.8 ppb |
| Seibert Town Of | 296 | 1.5 ppb |
| Bethune Town Of | 195 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vona Town Of | 160 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Burlington City Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Burlington 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.