Buhl City Of, ID
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Buhl City Of serves about 4,518 people through 1,815 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Twin Falls County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID5420007; phone on file: 208-543-5650. 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 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Buhl City Of is 1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Buhl City Of 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. Buhl City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Idaho and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Twin Falls County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Buhl City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Twin Falls City Of | 56,121 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kimberly City Of | 5,359 | 0 (not detected) |
| Filer Water Works | 2,858 | 2.77 ppb |
| Hansen City Of | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Castleford City Of | 275 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kanaka Rapids Ranch Water System Inc | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hollister City Of | 220 | 1 ppb |
| Rock Ledge Estates | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meander Point Subd | 140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Murtaugh City Of | 130 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Buhl City Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Buhl City Of 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.