Osprey, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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 Osprey
Osprey serves about 100 people through 41 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Boise County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID4080101; phone on file: 208-338-6803. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Osprey'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 Osprey is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Osprey's 2 ppb sits at the 64th percentile in Idaho and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Boise County
19 other systems share Boise County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Osprey. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Bend Water Supply | 750 | 2 ppb |
| Idaho City Water Dept | 531 | 2 ppb |
| Wilderness Ranch Owners Association Inc | 525 | 4 ppb |
| Terrace Lakes Water Company | 475 | 4 ppb |
| Mountain View Water And Road Assn | 305 | 2 ppb |
| Castle Mountain Creeks Owners Assn | 250 | 1 ppb |
| Duquette Pines Homeowners Association | 163 | 1 ppb |
| Scriver Woods Homeowners Assn | 160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mores Creek Rim Ranch Water Dist | 140 | 3 ppb |
| Rivers Point Property Owners Assn | 140 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Boise, 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 Osprey 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.