Walsh Town Of, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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 Walsh Town Of
Walsh Town Of serves about 650 people through 355 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Baca County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0105900; phone on file: 719-324-5411. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Walsh Town Of is 3 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 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. Walsh Town Of's 1 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Colorado and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Baca County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Walsh Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield Town Of | 1,378 | 1 ppb |
| Campo Town Of | 150 | 3.5 ppb |
| Vilas Town Of | 137 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pritchett Town Of | 125 | 1 ppb |
| Two Buttes Town Of | 64 | 2.5 ppb |
Next steps for Walsh, CO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Walsh, 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 Walsh Town 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.