Veolia Water Idaho, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Veolia Water Idaho
Veolia Water Idaho serves about 264,978 people through 108,138 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Ada County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID4010016; phone on file: 208-761-0627. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Veolia Water Idaho's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veolia Water Idaho is 3 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Veolia Water Idaho's 2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Idaho and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
52 other systems share Ada County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Veolia Water Idaho. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Meridian Water Dept | 152,070 | 3.9 ppb |
| Kuna City Of | 32,038 | 0 (not detected) |
| Star Sewer And Water Dist Water System | 14,000 | 1 ppb |
| Garden City Water And Sewer System | 12,500 | 1 ppb |
| Capitol Water Corp | 9,000 | 3 ppb |
| Eagle, City Of (Western Zone) | 6,108 | 1 ppb |
| Eagle, City Of (Eastern Zone) | 3,702 | 4 ppb |
| Idoc Sbx Complex | 3,309 | 0 (not detected) |
| Idoc Idaho State Correctional Center | 2,204 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dry Creek Water Company Llc | 1,658 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Boise, 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 Veolia Water Idaho 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.