Tri County Wcd, CO
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
Tri County Wcd at a glance
Tri County Wcd serves about 20,490 people through 8,046 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Montrose County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0143755; phone on file: 970-249-3369. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nearby utilities
20 other systems share Montrose County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Montrose City Of | 19,305 | - |
| Menoken Wd | 4,500 | - |
| Chipeta Wd | 3,802 | - |
| Olathe Town Of | 3,015 | - |
| Northbrook Villas Mhc | 1,052 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nucla Town Of | 875 | 1.1 ppb |
| Naturita Town Of | 585 | 1.3 ppb |
| Cimarron Creek | 560 | 0.9 ppb |
| River Meadows The | 490 | 3.7 ppb |
| Fruitland Domestic Wc | 335 | 17 ppb |
Next steps for Montrose, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Montrose, 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 Tri County Wcd 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.