Fowler Town Of, 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.
About Fowler Town Of
Fowler Town Of serves about 1,169 people through 796 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 Otero County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0145210; phone on file: 719-263-4461. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 3 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fowler Town Of is 7 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 7 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 6 ppb |
How Fowler Town Of 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. Fowler Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 29th percentile in Colorado and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Otero County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fowler Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| La Junta City Of | 8,320 | 1 ppb |
| Rocky Ford City Of | 4,443 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bents Fort Wc | 900 | 0.6 ppb |
| Swink Town Of | 660 | 2 ppb |
| South Swink Water Authority | 622 | 3 ppb |
| Eureka Wc | 498 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manzanola Town Of | 497 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newdale Grand Valley Wc | 458 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hilltop Wc | 285 | 1.5 ppb |
| Valley Wc | 270 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Fowler Town Of'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 Fowler 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.