Collins Aire Mhc, CO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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
Collins Aire Mhc serves about 946 people through 338 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Larimer County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0135186; phone on file: 303-246-5254. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Collins Aire Mhc is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Collins Aire Mhc 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. Collins Aire Mhc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Colorado and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
44 other systems share Larimer County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Collins Aire Mhc. 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 |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Collins Aire Mhc'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 Collins Aire Mhc 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.