Meridian Lake Park, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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 Meridian Lake Park
Meridian Lake Park serves about 250 people through 121 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Gunnison County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0126505; phone on file: 970-349-7575. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Meridian Lake Park is 11 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 11 ppb over 10 |
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. Meridian Lake Park's 3 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Colorado and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Gunnison County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Meridian Lake Park. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gunnison City Of | 9,610 | 3 ppb |
| Mount Crested Butte Wsd | 3,296 | 1 ppb |
| Crested Butte Town Of | 2,440 | 6 ppb |
| Crested Butte South | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gunnison County Wsd | 800 | 1.6 ppb |
| Evergreen Lake Company | 431 | 2 ppb |
| Riverland Lot Owners Assoc | 368 | 0.5 ppb |
| Skyland Md | 335 | 2 ppb |
| Antelope Hills Assoc | 265 | 1 ppb |
| Buckhorn Ranch Ws | 205 | 0.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mt Crested Butte, 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 Meridian Lake Park 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.