Keeton Ranch Water, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.3 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
Keeton Ranch Water serves about 70 people through 10 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in El Paso County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0121415; phone on file: 303-246-5254. 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 2023 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Keeton Ranch Water is 2 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.9 ppb |
How Keeton Ranch Water 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. Keeton Ranch Water's 0.3 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Colorado and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
69 other systems share El Paso County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Keeton Ranch Water. 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) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Aurora, 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 Keeton Ranch Water whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2250 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.