Crowley County Wa, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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 Crowley County Wa
Crowley County Wa serves about 530 people through 374 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Crowley County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0113100; phone on file: 719-224-1003. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Crowley County Wa's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crowley County Wa is 2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Crowley County Wa 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. Crowley County Wa's 1 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Colorado and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Crowley County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Crowley County Wa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ordway Town Of | 1,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Olney Springs Town Of | 399 | 0.5 ppb |
| 96 Pipeline Co Inc | 285 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sugar City Town Of | 240 | 1.2 ppb |
| Crowley Town Of | 188 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crowley County Ws | - | - |
Next steps for Ordway, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ordway, 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 Crowley County Wa 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.