Blanchard Coop Water Assn, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Blanchard Coop Water Assn
Blanchard Coop Water Assn serves about 180 people through 72 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: ID1090008; phone on file: 208-704-5807. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Blanchard Coop Water Assn's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blanchard Coop Water Assn is 2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 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. Blanchard Coop Water Assn's 2 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Idaho and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
49 other systems share Bonner County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blanchard Coop Water Assn. 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 |
Next steps for Blanchard, ID
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Blanchard, 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 Blanchard Coop Water Assn 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.