Garden Valley, CO
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2022). 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.
About Garden Valley
Garden Valley serves about 900 people through 309 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 groundwater, in El Paso County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0121325; phone on file: 303-906-7797. 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 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Garden Valley is 21 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 21 ppb over 15 |
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. Garden Valley's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th percentile in Colorado and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
69 other systems share El Paso County; 33 of them have a higher latest lead result than Garden Valley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Springs Utilities | 464,111 | 5.7 ppb |
| Us Department Of The Army Fort Carson | 48,000 | 10.4 ppb |
| Cherokee Md | 29,610 | 2 ppb |
| Widefield Wsd | 27,640 | 1.9 ppb |
| Fountain City Of | 25,130 | 4.4 ppb |
| Security Water District | 20,000 | 1.9 ppb |
| Woodmoor Wsd | 18,031 | 0 (not detected) |
| Us Air Force Academy | 16,876 | 0.6 ppb |
| Woodmen Hills Md | 13,888 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meridian Service Md | 12,760 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Colorado Springs, 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 Garden Valley 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.