Eagle, City Of (Western Zone), ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Eagle, City Of (Western Zone) at a glance
Eagle, City Of (Western Zone) serves about 6,108 people through 2,349 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 Ada County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID4010222; phone on file: 208-489-8777. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eagle, City Of (Western Zone) is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Eagle, City Of (Western Zone) 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. Eagle, City Of (Western Zone)'s 1 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Idaho and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
52 other systems share Ada County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eagle, City Of (Western Zone). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water Idaho | 264,978 | 2 ppb |
| Meridian Water Dept | 152,070 | 3.9 ppb |
| Kuna City Of | 32,038 | 0 (not detected) |
| Star Sewer And Water Dist Water System | 14,000 | 1 ppb |
| Garden City Water And Sewer System | 12,500 | 1 ppb |
| Capitol Water Corp | 9,000 | 3 ppb |
| Eagle, City Of (Eastern Zone) | 3,702 | 4 ppb |
| Idoc Sbx Complex | 3,309 | 0 (not detected) |
| Idoc Idaho State Correctional Center | 2,204 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dry Creek Water Company Llc | 1,658 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eagle, 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 Eagle, City Of (Western Zone) 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.