Pueblo West Md, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Pueblo West Md at a glance
Pueblo West Md serves about 30,000 people through 13,441 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 Pueblo County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0151650; phone on file: 719-547-5000. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Pueblo West Md's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pueblo West Md is 3 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Pueblo West Md 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. Pueblo West Md's 2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Colorado and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Pueblo County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pueblo West Md. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pueblo Board Of Ww | 114,070 | 2.3 ppb |
| St Charles Mesa Wd | 9,690 | 2 ppb |
| Colorado City Md | 2,755 | 1 ppb |
| Avondale Wsd | 1,615 | 5.6 ppb |
| Rye Town Of | 745 | 1 ppb |
| Countryside Estates Pueblo | 508 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pueblo Grande Village | 504 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beulah Water Works District | 445 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Drive Wd | 416 | 1.5 ppb |
| Baxter Water And Services | 350 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pueblo West, 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 Pueblo West Md 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.