Grand Lake Town Of, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
About Grand Lake Town Of
Grand Lake Town Of serves about 2,035 people through 1,038 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 Grand County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0125322; phone on file: 970-531-3309. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Grand Lake Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grand Lake Town Of is 2 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.5 ppb |
How Grand Lake 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. Grand Lake Town Of's 1.8 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Colorado and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Grand County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Grand Lake Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Winter Park Wsd | 6,635 | 3 ppb |
| Grand County Water No 1 | 5,400 | 1 ppb |
| Winter Park Ranch Wsd | 3,250 | 2 ppb |
| Granby Town Of South Service Area | 2,300 | 2 ppb |
| Fraser Town Of | 2,150 | 6.8 ppb |
| Granby Town Of North Service Area | 2,025 | 8 ppb |
| Kremmling Town Of | 1,859 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hot Sulphur Springs Town Of | 687 | 2 ppb |
| Ymca Snow Mtn Ranch | 578 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tabernash Meadows Wsd | 564 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Grand Lake, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Grand Lake, 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 Grand Lake 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.