Rockland City Of, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Rockland City Of at a glance
Rockland City Of serves about 242 people through 137 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 Power County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID6390019; phone on file: 208-548-2489. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Rockland City Of's lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rockland City Of is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 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. Rockland City Of's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Idaho and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Power County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Rockland City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| American Falls City Of | 4,863 | 7 ppb |
| Riverbend Estates | 92 | 0.3 ppb |
| Sunbeam Water | 60 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sedero Subd | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rockland, ID
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rockland, 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 Rockland 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.