Schweitzer Basin Water Company, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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.
Schweitzer Basin Water Company at a glance
Schweitzer Basin Water Company serves about 955 people through 116 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bonner County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID1090124; phone on file: 208-610-2318. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Schweitzer Basin Water Company's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Schweitzer Basin Water Company is 9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 6 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 7 ppb |
| 2018 | 9 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. Schweitzer Basin Water Company's 6 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Idaho and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
49 other systems share Bonner County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Schweitzer Basin Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sandpoint Public Works Dept | 12,284 | 4 ppb |
| Priest River City Of | 2,173 | 4 ppb |
| Oden Water Assn Inc | 1,524 | 1 ppb |
| Stoneridge Utilities | 940 | 2 ppb |
| Dover City Of | 865 | 14 ppb |
| Clark Fork City Of | 730 | 2 ppb |
| Sagle Valley Water Dist | 708 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laclede Water Dist | 668 | 2 ppb |
| Southside Water And Sewer Dist | 615 | 4 ppb |
| Syringa Heights Water Dist | 550 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sagle, 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 Schweitzer Basin Water Company 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.