Ovid Town Of, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.7 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.
Ovid Town Of at a glance
Ovid Town Of serves about 259 people through 215 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 groundwater, in Sedgwick County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0158005; phone on file: 970-463-5446. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Ovid Town Of's lead record
That is up 1.2 ppb from 2.5 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ovid Town Of is 3.7 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 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. Ovid Town Of's 3.7 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Colorado and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Sedgwick County
2 other systems share Sedgwick County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ovid Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Julesburg Town Of | 1,225 | 2 ppb |
| Sedgwick Town Of | 227 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ovid, 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 Ovid 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.