Pagosa Area Wsd, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Pagosa Area Wsd serves about 11,069 people through 5,255 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Archuleta County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0104300; phone on file: 970-903-3197. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pagosa Area Wsd is 4.3 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 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. Pagosa Area Wsd's 2.4 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Colorado and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Archuleta County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pagosa Area Wsd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| San Juan River Village Md | 877 | 3 ppb |
| Piedra Park Md | 850 | 3 ppb |
| Aspen Springs Md | 290 | - |
| Alpine Lakes Ranch Wc | 158 | 1.2 ppb |
| Crowley Ranch Reserve | 49 | 0.3 ppb |
| Navajo River Ranch Poa | 40 | 0.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pagosa 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 Pagosa Area Wsd 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.