Rocky Ford City Of, CO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Rocky Ford City Of at a glance
Rocky Ford City Of serves about 4,443 people through 1,896 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Otero County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0145600; phone on file: 719-469-2666. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rocky Ford City Of is 3.5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.1 ppb |
How Rocky Ford City Of 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. Rocky Ford City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Colorado and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Otero County
22 other systems share Otero County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rocky Ford City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| La Junta City Of | 8,320 | 1 ppb |
| Fowler Town Of | 1,169 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bents Fort Wc | 900 | 0.6 ppb |
| Swink Town Of | 660 | 2 ppb |
| South Swink Water Authority | 622 | 3 ppb |
| Eureka Wc | 498 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manzanola Town Of | 497 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newdale Grand Valley Wc | 458 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hilltop Wc | 285 | 1.5 ppb |
| Valley Wc | 270 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rocky Ford, CO
Look up your address in Rocky Ford City Of'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 Rocky Ford City Of 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.