Red Sky Ranch, CO
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.5 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Red Sky Ranch at a glance
Red Sky Ranch serves about 291 people through 78 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 surface water, in Eagle County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0119673; phone on file: 970-926-6060. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 8.5 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Red Sky Ranch is 10.5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 8.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.7 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. Red Sky Ranch's 10.5 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Colorado and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
21 other systems share Eagle County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Red Sky Ranch. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle River Wsd | 51,515 | 2 ppb |
| Gypsum Town Of | 15,272 | 2 ppb |
| Eagle Town Of | 7,511 | 3 ppb |
| Mid Valley Md | 4,588 | 1.1 ppb |
| Basalt Town Of | 2,357 | 0 (not detected) |
| El Jebel Mhp | 1,962 | 1 ppb |
| Eagle River Village Mhp | 1,500 | 1 ppb |
| Minturn Town Of | 1,200 | 2 ppb |
| Two Rivers Village | 896 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Cliff Town Of | 469 | 0.5 ppb |
Next steps for Edwards, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Edwards, 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 Red Sky Ranch 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.