Indian Hills Wd, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Indian Hills Wd at a glance
Indian Hills Wd serves about 1,300 people through 380 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 Jefferson County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0130065; phone on file: 303-987-0835. 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 4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indian Hills Wd is 4 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.8 ppb |
Against other Colorado systems
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. Indian Hills Wd's 1 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Colorado and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
50 other systems share Jefferson County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Indian Hills Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Arvada City Of | 171,610 | 3.1 ppb |
| Consolidated Mutual Maple Grove | 81,400 | 3.7 ppb |
| Green Mountain Wsd | 49,400 | - |
| Bancroft Clover Wsd | 44,000 | - |
| Golden City Of | 38,288 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bear Creek Wsd | 30,000 | - |
| Wheat Ridge Water District | 20,000 | - |
| Evergreen Md | 15,750 | 6 ppb |
| Ken Caryl Wsd | 12,000 | - |
| Lakehurst Wsd | 12,000 | - |
Next steps for Lakewood, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lakewood, 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 Indian Hills Wd 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.