Tree Haus Md, CO
Lead reported as not detected
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 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
Tree Haus Md serves about 248 people through 108 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 Routt County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0154755; phone on file: 970-879-2424. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tree Haus Md is 2.5 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Tree Haus Md's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 15th percentile in Colorado and the 17th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Routt County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tree Haus Md. 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 |
| Steamboat Springs City Of | 9,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 |
| Catamount Md Lake Property | 219 | 1 ppb |
| Phippsburg Town Of | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Steamboat Springs, CO
Look up your address in Tree Haus Md'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 Tree Haus Md 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.