Cherry Ridge Rehab, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Cherry Ridge Rehab serves about 50 people through 1 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: ID3230030; phone on file: 208-365-3597. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cherry Ridge Rehab is 13 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 13 ppb over 10 |
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. Cherry Ridge Rehab's 2 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Idaho and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Gem County
5 other systems share Gem County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cherry Ridge Rehab. 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 |
| Bonnie Laura Subd | 60 | 4 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 Cherry Ridge Rehab 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.