Cucharas Sanitation And Water District, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Cucharas Sanitation And Water District
Cucharas Sanitation And Water District serves about 343 people through 699 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Huerfano County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0128100; phone on file: 719-742-3108. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.5 ppb from 3.5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cucharas Sanitation And Water District is 3.5 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Colorado systems
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. Cucharas Sanitation And Water District's 2 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Colorado and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Huerfano County
9 other systems share Huerfano County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Cucharas Sanitation And Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Walsenburg City Of | 3,230 | 18 ppb |
| La Veta Town Of | 850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gardner Water And Sanitation Dist | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Navajo Western Wd Resorts | 341 | 2 ppb |
| Navajo Western Water District Estates | 145 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spanish Peaks Village Tract Ii Wa | 138 | 0 (not detected) |
| Huajatolla Valley Estates Inc | 132 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinon Hills Water Users Association | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tres Valles West | 68 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; La Veta, 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 Cucharas Sanitation And Water District 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.