Fairview Village, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Fairview Village at a glance
Fairview Village serves about 155 people through 102 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Polk County, Idaho. EPA system ID: FL6532352; phone on file: 208-871-3357. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Fairview Village's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fairview Village is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 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. Fairview Village's 1 ppb sits at the 47th percentile in Idaho and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
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 Fairview Village 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.