Space Acres Water Users Assn, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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
Space Acres Water Users Assn serves about 29 people through 13 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bannock County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID6030050; phone on file: 307-620-0731. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 7 ppb from 13 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Space Acres Water Users Assn is 13 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 6 ppb |
| 2022 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 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. Space Acres Water Users Assn's 6 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Idaho and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Bannock County
22 other systems share Bannock County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Space Acres Water Users Assn. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pocatello City Of | 58,231 | 5 ppb |
| 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 |
Next steps for Pocatello, ID
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 Space Acres Water Users Assn 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.