Jughandle Estates, ID
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Jughandle Estates serves about 200 people through 76 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Valley County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID4430026; phone on file: 208-573-6261. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Jughandle Estates's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jughandle Estates is 8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 8 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. Jughandle Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 23rd percentile in Idaho and the 15th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Valley County
10 other systems share Valley County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jughandle Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mccall City Of | 4,423 | 5 ppb |
| Cascade City Of | 1,000 | 6 ppb |
| Meadows At West Mountain | 550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fir Grove Estates | 270 | 5 ppb |
| Day Star | 250 | 2 ppb |
| Donnelly City Of | 237 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blackhawk On The River | 150 | 1 ppb |
| Jug Mountain Ranch Subdivision | 100 | 1 ppb |
| Yellow Pine Water Users Inc | 72 | 2 ppb |
| Hawks Bay Estates Hoa Llc | 59 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Jughandle Estates's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Jughandle 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.