Moyie Springs City Of, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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. 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 Moyie Springs City Of
Moyie Springs City Of serves about 1,123 people through 449 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 groundwater, in Boundary County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID1110021; phone on file: 208-267-5161. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Moyie Springs City Of is 4 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How Moyie Springs City Of 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. Moyie Springs City Of's 2 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Idaho and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Boundary County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Moyie Springs City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bonners Ferry City Of | 3,367 | 0 (not detected) |
| Three Mile Water Dist | 2,652 | 11 ppb |
| Cabinet Mountains Water Dist | 2,335 | 1 ppb |
| Bee Line Water Assn Inc | 533 | 2 ppb |
| Mission Creek Water Assn | 263 | 1 ppb |
| Paradise Valley Water Assn | 250 | 2 ppb |
| Twenty Mile Creek Water Assn | 225 | 5 ppb |
| Skin Creek Water Assn | 200 | 4 ppb |
| Trow Creek Water Assn | 98 | 1 ppb |
| Moravia Water Assn | 80 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Moyie Springs, 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 Moyie Springs City Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1670 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.