Homedale City Of, ID
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 ppb (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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Homedale City Of serves about 3,300 people through 1,005 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Owyhee County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID3370012; phone on file: 208-972-2160. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Homedale City Of's lead record
That is up 12 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Homedale City Of is 12 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Homedale City Of's 12 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Idaho and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Owyhee County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Homedale City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Marsing City Of | 1,300 | 3 ppb |
| Grand View, City Of | 452 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bruneau Water And Sewer Dist | 220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hope House (Owyhee) | 78 | 2 ppb |
| Murphy Water System | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pioneer Mobile Home Park Llc | 53 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Homedale, 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 Homedale 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.