Oak Meadows Water Association, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Oak Meadows Water Association
Oak Meadows Water Association serves about 50 people through 31 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Garfield County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0123567. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.1 ppb from 3.1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oak Meadows Water Association is 6.2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.8 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. Oak Meadows Water Association's 6.2 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Colorado and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
52 other systems share Garfield County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oak Meadows Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rifle City Of | 9,489 | 1.4 ppb |
| Glenwood Springs City Of | 9,428 | 1 ppb |
| Carbondale Town Of | 6,700 | 1.5 ppb |
| New Castle Town Of | 5,024 | 0 (not detected) |
| Battlement Mesa Md | 4,100 | 2.8 ppb |
| Silt Town Of | 3,536 | 2 ppb |
| Roaring Fork Wsd | 1,912 | 0.7 ppb |
| Parachute Town Of | 1,320 | 2.4 ppb |
| Apple Tree Park | 1,160 | 2.8 ppb |
| Cottonwood Springs Mhp | 750 | 0.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Glenwood 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 Oak Meadows Water Association 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.