Wattenberg Improvement Assoc, CO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Wattenberg Improvement Assoc at a glance
Wattenberg Improvement Assoc serves about 350 people through 100 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Weld County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0162833; phone on file: 303-564-8595. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wattenberg Improvement Assoc is 10.7 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 7 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 10.7 ppb over 10 |
How Wattenberg Improvement Assoc compares
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. Wattenberg Improvement Assoc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Colorado and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
54 other systems share Weld County; 26 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wattenberg Improvement Assoc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greeley City Of | 132,310 | 4 ppb |
| Firestone Town Of | 27,798 | 3.6 ppb |
| Johnstown Town Of | 27,295 | 1 ppb |
| Windsor Town Of | 23,500 | 5.8 ppb |
| Evans City Of | 19,369 | 2.4 ppb |
| Frederick Town Of | 17,173 | 2.9 ppb |
| North Weld County Wd | 15,890 | 3.4 ppb |
| Ft Lupton City Of | 12,099 | 4 ppb |
| Severance Town Of | 11,733 | 2 ppb |
| Milliken Town Of | 9,200 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Fort Lupton, CO
Look up your address in Wattenberg Improvement Assoc'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 Wattenberg Improvement Assoc 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.