Oden Water Assn Inc, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Oden Water Assn Inc
Oden Water Assn Inc serves about 1,524 people through 503 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 Bonner County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID1090092; phone on file: 208-255-4001. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Oden Water Assn Inc's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oden Water Assn Inc is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How Oden Water Assn Inc 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. Oden Water Assn Inc's 1 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Idaho and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
49 other systems share Bonner County; 28 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oden Water Assn Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sandpoint Public Works Dept | 12,284 | 4 ppb |
| Priest River City Of | 2,173 | 4 ppb |
| Schweitzer Basin Water Company | 955 | 6 ppb |
| Stoneridge Utilities | 940 | 2 ppb |
| Dover City Of | 865 | 14 ppb |
| Clark Fork City Of | 730 | 2 ppb |
| Sagle Valley Water Dist | 708 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laclede Water Dist | 668 | 2 ppb |
| Southside Water And Sewer Dist | 615 | 4 ppb |
| Syringa Heights Water Dist | 550 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Sandpoint, ID
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandpoint, 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 Oden Water Assn Inc 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.