Shambhala Mountain Center, CO
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.5 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Shambhala Mountain Center serves about 90 people through 22 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Larimer County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0235685; phone on file: 720-935-2582. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Shambhala Mountain Center's lead record
That is up 9 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2026. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Shambhala Mountain Center is 29.5 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2026 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
| 2021 | 29.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 8.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 9 ppb |
| 2018 | 7 ppb |
| 2017 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 9 ppb |
How Shambhala Mountain Center 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. Shambhala Mountain Center's 10.5 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Colorado and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
44 other systems share Larimer County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Shambhala Mountain Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ft Collins City Of | 179,901 | 2.8 ppb |
| Loveland City Of | 91,077 | 3.3 ppb |
| Ft Collins Loveland Wd | 63,532 | 2 ppb |
| East Larimer County Wd | 27,944 | 3.9 ppb |
| Csu Main And West Housing Campus | 27,375 | 8 ppb |
| Little Thompson Wd | 25,654 | - |
| Estes Park Town Of | 16,722 | 1.4 ppb |
| Berthoud Town Of | 14,211 | 10 ppb |
| Wellington Town Of | 11,720 | 3.7 ppb |
| Northern Colorado Wa | 4,675 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Red Feather Lakes, 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 Shambhala Mountain Center 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.