New Hope Subd, ID
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 48.2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
New Hope Subd serves about 100 people through 49 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Clearwater County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID2180023; phone on file: 208-476-9501. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
New Hope Subd's lead record
That is up 39.2 ppb from 9 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Hope Subd is 53 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 48.2 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 9 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 36 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 53 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How New Hope Subd 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. New Hope Subd's 48.2 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Idaho and the 100th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Clearwater County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Hope Subd. 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 |
| Pleasant Acres Water And Sewer Dist | 89 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ahsahka Water And Sewer Dist | 85 | 10.9 ppb |
| Lakeview Water District | 45 | 1 ppb |
| Sunnyside Park | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wells Bench Water And Road | 28 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Lenore, ID
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask New Hope Subd 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.