Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist, ID
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.9 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist at a glance
Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist serves about 85 people through 65 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws surface water, in Clearwater County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID2180001; phone on file: 208-301-4626. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist's lead record
That is up 5.9 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist is 10.9 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.9 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
| 2025 | 6 ppb |
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 7 ppb |
| 2023 | 8 ppb |
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 7 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 763 Idaho systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 46 have gone over at some point. Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist's 10.9 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Idaho and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Clearwater County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Orofino City Of | 2,459 | 12 ppb |
| Riverside Water And Sewer District | 2,000 | 3 ppb |
| Pierce City Of | 467 | 4 ppb |
| Weippe City Of | 438 | 5 ppb |
| Elk River City Of | 165 | 8.69 ppb |
| New Hope Subd | 100 | 48.2 ppb |
| Pleasant Acres Water And Sewer Dist | 89 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakeview Water District | 45 | 1 ppb |
| Sunnyside Park | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wells Bench Water And Road | 28 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ahsahka, ID 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 Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1360 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.