Steamboat Springs City Of, CO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Steamboat Springs City Of serves about 9,950 people through 3,735 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 Routt County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0154725; phone on file: 970-871-8204. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Steamboat Springs City Of is 13.7 ppb across 18 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (5 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 6 ppb |
| 2024 | 6 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 10.4 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 9 ppb |
| 2020 | 12.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 13.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Steamboat Springs City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Colorado and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Routt County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Steamboat Springs City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mt Werner Wd | 19,000 | 2 ppb |
| Hayden Town Of | 3,982 | 2.4 ppb |
| Steamboat Ii Md | 1,450 | 8.2 ppb |
| Oak Creek Town Of | 950 | 0.8 ppb |
| Morrison Creek Metro District | 800 | 0.7 ppb |
| Yampa Town Of | 467 | 5.1 ppb |
| Steamboat Lake Wd | 411 | 2.4 ppb |
| Tree Haus Md | 248 | 0 (not detected) |
| Catamount Md Lake Property | 219 | 1 ppb |
| Phippsburg Town Of | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Steamboat Springs 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 Steamboat Springs 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.