Colorado Mtn College Svc, CO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Colorado Mtn College Svc serves about 715 people through 13 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Garfield County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0123170; phone on file: 970-319-2827. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Colorado Mtn College Svc's lead record
That is down 4.3 ppb from 4.3 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Colorado Mtn College Svc is 4.3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.4 ppb |
How Colorado Mtn College Svc 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. Colorado Mtn College Svc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Colorado and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
52 other systems share Garfield County; 38 of them have a higher latest lead result than Colorado Mtn College Svc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rifle City Of | 9,489 | 1.4 ppb |
| Glenwood Springs City Of | 9,428 | 1 ppb |
| Carbondale Town Of | 6,700 | 1.5 ppb |
| New Castle Town Of | 5,024 | 0 (not detected) |
| Battlement Mesa Md | 4,100 | 2.8 ppb |
| Silt Town Of | 3,536 | 2 ppb |
| Roaring Fork Wsd | 1,912 | 0.7 ppb |
| Parachute Town Of | 1,320 | 2.4 ppb |
| Apple Tree Park | 1,160 | 2.8 ppb |
| Cottonwood Springs Mhp | 750 | 0.6 ppb |
Next steps for Glenwood Springs, CO
Look up your address in Colorado Mtn College Svc'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 Colorado Mtn College Svc 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.