Ymca Rockies Wind River, CO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Ymca Rockies Wind River serves about 3,730 people through 298 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Larimer County, Colorado. EPA system ID: CO0135883; phone on file: 970-586-3341. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ymca Rockies Wind River is 3.8 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 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. Ymca Rockies Wind River's 2 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Colorado and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
44 other systems share Larimer County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ymca Rockies Wind River. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ft Collins City Of | 179,901 | 2.8 ppb |
| Loveland City Of | 91,077 | 3.3 ppb |
| Ft Collins Loveland Wd | 63,532 | 2 ppb |
| East Larimer County Wd | 27,944 | 3.9 ppb |
| Csu Main And West Housing Campus | 27,375 | 8 ppb |
| Little Thompson Wd | 25,654 | - |
| Estes Park Town Of | 16,722 | 1.4 ppb |
| Berthoud Town Of | 14,211 | 10 ppb |
| Wellington Town Of | 11,720 | 3.7 ppb |
| Northern Colorado Wa | 4,675 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Estes Park, 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 Ymca Rockies Wind River 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.