Soda Springs City Of, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 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.
Soda Springs City Of at a glance
Soda Springs City Of serves about 3,111 people through 1,374 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Caribou County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID6150017; phone on file: 208-540-2436. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Soda Springs City Of is 6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 5 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 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. Soda Springs City Of's 6 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Idaho and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Caribou County
7 other systems share Caribou County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Soda Springs City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grace City Of | 920 | 3 ppb |
| Bancroft City Of | 350 | 11 ppb |
| Bailey Creek Property Owners Assn | 250 | 7 ppb |
| Trout Creek Culinary Water Inc | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Valley View Water Assn | 35 | 3 ppb |
| Whiskey Creek Water Users | 35 | 0 (not detected) |
| Evergreen Heights Subd | 25 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Soda Springs, ID
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Soda Springs, 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 Soda Springs 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.