Bonnie Laura Subd, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Bonnie Laura Subd at a glance
Bonnie Laura Subd serves about 60 people through 26 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Gem County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID3230004. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Bonnie Laura Subd's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bonnie Laura Subd is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Bonnie Laura Subd's 4 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Idaho and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Gem County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Bonnie Laura Subd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Emmett City Of | 6,700 | 1 ppb |
| Cherry Ridge Rehab | 50 | 2 ppb |
| Edgemont Subd | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Picket Corral Owners Association | 35 | 0 (not detected) |
| R And V Mobile Home Park | 27 | 6 ppb |
Next steps for Emmett, ID
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Emmett, 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 Bonnie Laura Subd 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.