Elbert Creek Water Co, CO
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Elbert Creek Water Co serves about 750 people through 280 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in La Plata County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0134840; phone on file: 970-382-6787. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elbert Creek Water Co is 40 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 40 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 14.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 1.1 ppb |
How Elbert Creek Water Co 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. Elbert Creek Water Co's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th 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.
Nearby utilities
52 other systems share La Plata County; 42 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elbert Creek Water Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Durango City Of | 33,787 | 3.1 ppb |
| Animas Wc | 3,096 | 8.8 ppb |
| Bayfield Town Of | 2,300 | 2.7 ppb |
| Forest Lakes Md | 1,699 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lake Durango Wa | 1,577 | 0.7 ppb |
| Purgatory Md | 1,364 | 2 ppb |
| Edgemont Ranch Md | 1,200 | 1.5 ppb |
| Durango West Md No 2 | 930 | 2 ppb |
| Ignacio Town Of | 800 | 0.8 ppb |
| Durango West Md No 1 | 750 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Durango, 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 Elbert Creek Water Co 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.