Salida City Of, CO
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Salida City Of
Salida City Of serves about 5,666 people through 3,281 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 surface water, in Chaffee County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0108700; phone on file: 719-239-0048. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.9 ppb from 2.9 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Salida City Of is 20 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 20 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 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. Salida City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Colorado and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Chaffee County
17 other systems share Chaffee County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Salida City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista Town Of | 3,776 | 1 ppb |
| Poncha Springs Town Of | 2,118 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buena Vista Correctional Facility | 1,700 | 3 ppb |
| Game Trail Association Inc | 480 | 1 ppb |
| Mesa Antero Subd | 250 | 2.5 ppb |
| Trail West Assoc | 249 | 1.5 ppb |
| Chateau Chaparrel Cg | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glenview Owners Assoc | 195 | 0.5 ppb |
| Princeton Estates Subd | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinon Pines Property Llc | 100 | 2.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Salida, 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 Salida 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.