Paul Housing Authority, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Paul Housing Authority serves about 250 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Minidoka County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID5340015; phone on file: 208-438-5316. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Paul Housing Authority's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paul Housing Authority is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How Paul Housing Authority 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. Paul Housing Authority's 4 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Idaho and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Minidoka County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Paul Housing Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rupert City Of | 5,796 | 3 ppb |
| Heyburn City Of | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paul City Of | 1,195 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pelican Point Subdivision | 142 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jbs Country Court | 140 | 1.16 ppb |
| Minidoka City Of | 120 | 6 ppb |
| Wayside Estates | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rupert, ID
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rupert, 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 Paul Housing Authority 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.