Gem State - Lynnwood Estates, 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.
About Gem State - Lynnwood Estates
Gem State - Lynnwood Estates serves about 60 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Kootenai County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID1280259; phone on file: 877-755-9287. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gem State - Lynnwood Estates is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
How Gem State - Lynnwood Estates 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. Gem State - Lynnwood Estates's 1 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Idaho and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
112 other systems share Kootenai County; 44 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gem State - Lynnwood Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Coeur D Alene City Of | 54,115 | 2 ppb |
| Post Falls City Of | 20,285 | 1 ppb |
| East Greenacres Irrigation Dist | 11,165 | 3 ppb |
| Ross Point Water Dist | 10,473 | 2 ppb |
| Rathdrum City Of | 10,358 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hayden Lake Irrigation Dist | 9,375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avondale Irrigation Dist | 8,785 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillside Service Area | 4,140 | 1 ppb |
| Rimrock Service Area | 3,493 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spirit Lake City Of | 2,825 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Coeur D'Alene, ID
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Coeur D'Alene, 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 Gem State - Lynnwood Estates 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.