Divide South, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 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.
Who runs the water here
Divide South serves about 74 people through 32 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Teller County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0160275; phone on file: 719-686-6840. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Divide South is 3.2 ppb across 21 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.2 ppb |
How Divide South 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. Divide South's 0.8 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Colorado and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Teller County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Divide South. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park City Of | 8,500 | 6.2 ppb |
| Cripple Creek City Of | 2,817 | 4.4 ppb |
| Highland Lakes Wd | 875 | 2 ppb |
| Mountain Mutual Wa | 681 | 1.7 ppb |
| Divide Mpc Md No 1 | 679 | 1.2 ppb |
| Teller County Wsd | 600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Divide Water Providers Inc | 570 | 0.5 ppb |
| Victor City Of | 491 | 1.8 ppb |
| Valley Maint Corp No 1 | 470 | 2.9 ppb |
| Westwood Lakes Wd | 450 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Divide, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Divide, 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 Divide South whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1650 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.