Empire Town Of, CO
Exceeded the action level in the past
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. 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.
Empire Town Of at a glance
Empire Town Of serves about 500 people through 202 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 Clear Creek County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0110010; phone on file: 303-569-2978. 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 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Empire Town Of is 20 ppb across 21 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 20 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 6 ppb |
| 2017 | 10 ppb |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 7 ppb |
| 2016 | 12.3 ppb over 10 |
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. Empire Town Of's 2 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Colorado and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Clear Creek County
10 other systems share Clear Creek County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Empire Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho Springs City Of | 10,432 | 7 ppb |
| Georgetown Town Of | 5,315 | 6 ppb |
| Lookout Mountain Wd | 1,378 | 1 ppb |
| St Marys Glacier Wsd | 451 | 3 ppb |
| Silver Plume Town Of | 180 | 4.5 ppb |
| Excell Lawson Village | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Western Inn Mhp | 72 | 0.5 ppb |
| Mill Creek Wia | 67 | 3.9 ppb |
| Valli Hi Mhp | 50 | 2 ppb |
| Arapahoe Mhp | 27 | 2.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Empire, 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 Empire Town Of 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. More in what a past exceedance means today.