Baldy Ridge Estates, ID
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Baldy Ridge Estates
Baldy Ridge Estates serves about 50 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bonner County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID1090004; phone on file: 208-265-4270. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Baldy Ridge Estates is 24 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 24 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Against other Idaho systems
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. Baldy Ridge Estates's 1.4 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Idaho and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Bonner County
49 other systems share Bonner County; 26 of them have a higher latest lead result than Baldy Ridge Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sandpoint Public Works Dept | 12,284 | 4 ppb |
| Priest River City Of | 2,173 | 4 ppb |
| Oden Water Assn Inc | 1,524 | 1 ppb |
| Schweitzer Basin Water Company | 955 | 6 ppb |
| Stoneridge Utilities | 940 | 2 ppb |
| Dover City Of | 865 | 14 ppb |
| Clark Fork City Of | 730 | 2 ppb |
| Sagle Valley Water Dist | 708 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laclede Water Dist | 668 | 2 ppb |
| Southside Water And Sewer Dist | 615 | 4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandpoint, 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 Baldy Ridge Estates 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.