Valley Maint Corp No 2, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Valley Maint Corp No 2
Valley Maint Corp No 2 serves about 55 people through 25 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Teller County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0160551; phone on file: 719-922-7172. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 4.1 ppb from 2.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Valley Maint Corp No 2 is 7.8 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 7 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. Valley Maint Corp No 2's 6.7 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Colorado and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Teller County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Valley Maint Corp No 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park City Of | 8,500 | 6.2 ppb |
| Cripple Creek City Of | 2,817 | 4.4 ppb |
| Highland Lakes Wd | 875 | 2 ppb |
| Mountain Mutual Wa | 681 | 1.7 ppb |
| Divide Mpc Md No 1 | 679 | 1.2 ppb |
| Teller County Wsd | 600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Divide Water Providers Inc | 570 | 0.5 ppb |
| Victor City Of | 491 | 1.8 ppb |
| Valley Maint Corp No 1 | 470 | 2.9 ppb |
| Westwood Lakes Wd | 450 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Divide, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Divide, 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 Valley Maint Corp No 2 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.