Bee Line Water Assn Inc, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Who runs the water here
Bee Line Water Assn Inc serves about 533 people through 213 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Boundary County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID1110001; phone on file: 208-267-5166. 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 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bee Line Water Assn Inc is 7 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 7 ppb |
| 2017 | 7 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.4 ppb |
How Bee Line Water Assn Inc compares
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. Bee Line Water Assn Inc's 2 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Idaho and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Boundary County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bee Line Water Assn Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bonners Ferry City Of | 3,367 | 0 (not detected) |
| Three Mile Water Dist | 2,652 | 11 ppb |
| Cabinet Mountains Water Dist | 2,335 | 1 ppb |
| Moyie Springs City Of | 1,123 | 2 ppb |
| Mission Creek Water Assn | 263 | 1 ppb |
| Paradise Valley Water Assn | 250 | 2 ppb |
| Twenty Mile Creek Water Assn | 225 | 5 ppb |
| Skin Creek Water Assn | 200 | 4 ppb |
| Trow Creek Water Assn | 98 | 1 ppb |
| Moravia Water Assn | 80 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bonners Ferry, 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 Bee Line Water Assn Inc 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.