Paradox Pipeline Co, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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 Paradox Pipeline Co
Paradox Pipeline Co serves about 200 people through 52 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Montrose County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0143600; phone on file: 928-205-9125. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Paradox Pipeline Co's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paradox Pipeline Co is 1.1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.9 ppb |
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. Paradox Pipeline Co's 0.9 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in Colorado and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Montrose County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paradox Pipeline Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tri County Wcd | 20,490 | - |
| Montrose City Of | 19,305 | - |
| Menoken Wd | 4,500 | - |
| Chipeta Wd | 3,802 | - |
| Olathe Town Of | 3,015 | - |
| Northbrook Villas Mhc | 1,052 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nucla Town Of | 875 | 1.1 ppb |
| Naturita Town Of | 585 | 1.3 ppb |
| Cimarron Creek | 560 | 0.9 ppb |
| River Meadows The | 490 | 3.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Paradox, 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 Paradox Pipeline Co 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.