Van Den Berg Md, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.3 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 Van Den Berg Md
Van Den Berg Md serves about 41 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in La Plata County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0134900; phone on file: 970-799-0027. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Van Den Berg Md's lead record
That is up 4.4 ppb from 1.9 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Van Den Berg Md is 6.3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.8 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. Van Den Berg Md's 6.3 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Colorado and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
52 other systems share La Plata County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Van Den Berg Md. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Durango City Of | 33,787 | 3.1 ppb |
| Animas Wc | 3,096 | 8.8 ppb |
| Bayfield Town Of | 2,300 | 2.7 ppb |
| Forest Lakes Md | 1,699 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lake Durango Wa | 1,577 | 0.7 ppb |
| Purgatory Md | 1,364 | 2 ppb |
| Edgemont Ranch Md | 1,200 | 1.5 ppb |
| Durango West Md No 2 | 930 | 2 ppb |
| Ignacio Town Of | 800 | 0.8 ppb |
| Durango West Md No 1 | 750 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ignacio, 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 Van Den Berg 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.