Ophir Town Of, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 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.
Ophir Town Of at a glance
Ophir Town Of serves about 193 people through 76 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in San Miguel County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0157600; phone on file: 970-728-4943. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Ophir Town Of's lead record
That is up 1.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ophir Town Of is 7 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 7 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Ophir 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. Ophir Town Of's 1.5 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Colorado and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share San Miguel County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ophir Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain Village Town Of | 9,700 | 1 ppb |
| Telluride Town Of | 7,900 | 1 ppb |
| Norwood Water Commission | 1,700 | 2 ppb |
| Aldasoro Ranch Hoc | 412 | 4.2 ppb |
| Ilium Valley Ws | 322 | 1 ppb |
| Wilson Mesa | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
| San Bernardo Hoa | 132 | 0.9 ppb |
| Elk Run Homeowners Corporation | 125 | 1 ppb |
| Last Dollar Pud | 96 | 11.9 ppb |
| Sawpit Town Of | 59 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ophir, 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 Ophir 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.