Clifton Wd, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 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.
Who runs the water here
Clifton Wd serves about 34,500 people through 12,297 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Mesa County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0139180; phone on file: 970-434-7328. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.2 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clifton Wd is 2.2 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Clifton Wd's 2.2 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Colorado and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Mesa County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clifton Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ute Wcd | 92,580 | 1.4 ppb |
| Grand Junction City Of | 26,000 | 8.2 ppb |
| Palisade Town Of | 3,060 | 0.3 ppb |
| Debeque Town Of | 911 | 1.4 ppb |
| Midlands Village | 893 | 0 (not detected) |
| Candlewood Park | 800 | 0.8 ppb |
| Collbran Town Of | 678 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kannah Creek | 435 | 1.4 ppb |
| Gateway Canyons Ws | 370 | 3.7 ppb |
| Mesa Wsd | 330 | 3.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clifton, 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 Clifton Wd 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.