Fairplay Town Of, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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
Fairplay Town Of serves about 909 people through 490 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Park County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0147020; phone on file: 719-836-2622. 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 2024 (1.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fairplay Town Of is 3 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 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. Fairplay Town Of's 1 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Colorado and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Park County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fairplay Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bailey Wsd | 483 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alma Town Of | 460 | 2 ppb |
| Redhill Forest Pomwaca | 388 | 0 (not detected) |
| Will O Wisp Metro District | 300 | 5.5 ppb |
| Spruce Hill Development | 277 | 2 ppb |
| Warm Springs Owners Mutual Wa | 250 | 9.5 ppb |
| River-Dale Ranch | 83 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eleven Mile Ranch Association | 72 | 2.5 ppb |
| Shawnee Wca | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fairplay, 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 Fairplay 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.