Kamiah City Of, ID
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2022). 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.
Kamiah City Of at a glance
Kamiah City Of serves about 1,495 people through 576 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 surface water, in Lewis County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID2310003; phone on file: 208-935-2672. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Kamiah City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kamiah City Of is 24 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 5 ppb |
| 2020 | 24 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 8 ppb |
| 2018 | 10 ppb |
| 2017 | 9 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
Against other Idaho systems
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. Kamiah City Of's 2 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Idaho and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Lewis County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kamiah City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Craigmont City Of | 501 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nezperce Water Dept | 460 | 2 ppb |
| Winchester Water Dept | 400 | 1 ppb |
| Reubens City Of | 70 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lawyers Creek Water Dist | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kamiah, 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 Kamiah 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.