Penrose Wd, CO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2028). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Penrose Wd at a glance
Penrose Wd serves about 3,149 people through 1,767 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Fremont County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0122700; phone on file: 719-372-3289. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Penrose Wd is 2.2 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.2 ppb |
How Penrose Wd 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. Penrose Wd's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Colorado and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Fremont County
13 other systems share Fremont County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Penrose Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Canon City City Of | 34,800 | 2 ppb |
| Florence City Of | 7,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Park Center Wd | 4,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williamsburg Town Of | 775 | 2 ppb |
| Rockvale Town Of | 504 | 1.3 ppb |
| Brookside Town Of | 438 | 1 ppb |
| Lamplighter Mobile Home Park | 420 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coal Creek Town Of | 350 | 0.2 ppb |
| East Florence Wa | 326 | 1.2 ppb |
| Water On The Spot | 284 | - |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Penrose Wd's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Penrose Wd 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.