Cottonwood Springs Mhp, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 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.
About Cottonwood Springs Mhp
Cottonwood Springs Mhp serves about 750 people through 303 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Garfield County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0123185; phone on file: 970-625-2069. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Cottonwood Springs Mhp's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cottonwood Springs Mhp is 1.1 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Cottonwood Springs Mhp 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. Cottonwood Springs Mhp's 0.6 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in Colorado and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Garfield County
52 other systems share Garfield County; 36 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cottonwood Springs Mhp. 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 |
| Colorado Mtn College Svc | 715 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rifle, 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 Cottonwood Springs Mhp 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.