Lakeview Water District, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About Lakeview Water District
Lakeview Water District serves about 45 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Clearwater County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID2180020; phone on file: 520-404-2505. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lakeview Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lakeview Water District is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 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. Lakeview Water District's 1 ppb sits at the 39th percentile in Idaho and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Clearwater County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lakeview Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Orofino City Of | 2,459 | 12 ppb |
| Riverside Water And Sewer District | 2,000 | 3 ppb |
| Pierce City Of | 467 | 4 ppb |
| Weippe City Of | 438 | 5 ppb |
| Elk River City Of | 165 | 8.69 ppb |
| New Hope Subd | 100 | 48.2 ppb |
| Pleasant Acres Water And Sewer Dist | 89 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist | 85 | 10.9 ppb |
| Sunnyside Park | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wells Bench Water And Road | 28 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Orofino, 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 Lakeview Water District 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.