West Meadows Estates, ID
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About West Meadows Estates
West Meadows Estates serves about 270 people through 178 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Ada County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID4010158; phone on file: 208-376-8971. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (10 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Meadows Estates is 11 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 10 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 7 ppb |
How West Meadows Estates compares
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. West Meadows Estates's 11 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Idaho and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
52 other systems share Ada County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Meadows Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water Idaho | 264,978 | 2 ppb |
| 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) |
Next steps for Boise, ID
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 West Meadows Estates 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.