Riggins City Of, 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.
Who runs the water here
Riggins City Of serves about 434 people through 292 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Idaho County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID2250053; phone on file: 208-628-3394. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Riggins City Of's lead record
That is down 6 ppb from 8 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Riggins City Of is 8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 8 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
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. Riggins City Of's 2 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Idaho and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Idaho County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Riggins City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grangeville Water Dept | 3,151 | 2 ppb |
| Cottonwood Water Dept | 977 | 1 ppb |
| Kooskia Water Dept | 514 | 0 (not detected) |
| Idoc North Idaho Correctional Institute | 425 | 2 ppb |
| Pine Ridge Water And Sewer Dist | 390 | 2 ppb |
| Elk City Water And Sewer Assn | 320 | 9 ppb |
| Stites City Of | 253 | 1 ppb |
| Kamiah Valley Company Llc | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monastery Of St Gertrudes | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ferdinand City Of | 133 | 2.84 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Riggins, 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 Riggins 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.