Jenco Acres, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Jenco Acres serves about 105 people through 36 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Jefferson County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID7260018. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
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 Jenco Acres is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
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. Jenco Acres's 1 ppb sits at the 44th percentile in Idaho and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Jefferson County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jenco Acres. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rigby City Of | 5,400 | 2 ppb |
| Roberts City Of | 680 | 3 ppb |
| Ririe City Of | 656 | 7 ppb |
| Morning View Water Company | 459 | 1 ppb |
| Country Squire Estates | 450 | 1 ppb |
| M And T Water And Sewer Dist | 358 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pepperwood Crossing/Rocky Mnt Utilities | 336 | 1 ppb |
| Jefferson Greens Estates | 193 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sunbrook Estates Div # 2 | 144 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rolling Hills Acres | 141 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rigby, ID
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rigby, 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 Jenco Acres 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.