Pocatello City Of, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 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.
Pocatello City Of at a glance
Pocatello City Of serves about 58,231 people through 18,712 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Bannock County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID6030043; phone on file: 208-234-6174. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pocatello City Of is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Pocatello City Of's 5 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Idaho and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Bannock County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pocatello City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chubbuck City Of | 15,842 | 2 ppb |
| Mccammon City Of | 800 | 2 ppb |
| Inkom City Of | 792 | 1 ppb |
| Downey City Of | 586 | 2 ppb |
| Lava Hot Springs City Of | 386 | 2 ppb |
| Arimo City Of | 368 | 14 ppb |
| Tyhee And S And N Estates Water Assn | 300 | 2 ppb |
| Laceys Vista Acres Water Corp | 200 | 9 ppb |
| Caribou Acres | 150 | 5 ppb |
| D And M Water Assn | 142 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pocatello, 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 Pocatello City Of 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.