Huckleberry Bay Water System, ID
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Huckleberry Bay Water System serves about 362 people through 145 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bonner County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID1090209; phone on file: 801-673-2001. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Huckleberry Bay Water System is 21 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 ppb |
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
| 2025 | 6 ppb |
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2024 | 7 ppb |
| 2023 | 21 ppb over 15 |
How Huckleberry Bay Water System 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. Huckleberry Bay Water System's 7 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Idaho and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
49 other systems share Bonner County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Huckleberry Bay Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sandpoint Public Works Dept | 12,284 | 4 ppb |
| Priest River City Of | 2,173 | 4 ppb |
| Oden Water Assn Inc | 1,524 | 1 ppb |
| Schweitzer Basin Water Company | 955 | 6 ppb |
| Stoneridge Utilities | 940 | 2 ppb |
| Dover City Of | 865 | 14 ppb |
| Clark Fork City Of | 730 | 2 ppb |
| Sagle Valley Water Dist | 708 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laclede Water Dist | 668 | 2 ppb |
| Southside Water And Sewer Dist | 615 | 4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Coolin, 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 Huckleberry Bay Water System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1657 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.