Deer Creek Wd, CO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Deer Creek Wd serves about 792 people through 282 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Elbert County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0120246; phone on file: 720-201-6420. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Deer Creek Wd is 7.4 ppb across 19 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Deer Creek Wd's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th 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.
Other water systems in Elbert County
14 other systems share Elbert County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Deer Creek Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Town Of | 4,523 | 4 ppb |
| Spring Valley Md No 1 | 1,788 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elbert County Hwy 86 Wd | 1,040 | 1.8 ppb |
| Kiowa Water And Wastewater Authority | 910 | 3 ppb |
| Simla Town Of | 618 | 2 ppb |
| Independence Wsd | 567 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elkhorn Ranch Md No 1 | 530 | 0.5 ppb |
| Gambel Oaks Hoa | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elbert Wsd | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prairie Wc | 300 | 1.5 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Deer Creek Wd'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 Deer Creek Wd whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1680 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.