White Bird City Of, ID
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
White Bird City Of serves about 125 people through 77 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Idaho County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID2250068; phone on file: 208-839-2294. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
White Bird City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for White Bird City Of is 2 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How White Bird City Of 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. White Bird City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Idaho and the 11th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Idaho County
17 other systems share Idaho County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than White Bird City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grangeville Water Dept | 3,151 | 2 ppb |
| Cottonwood Water Dept | 977 | 1 ppb |
| Kooskia Water Dept | 514 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riggins City Of | 434 | 2 ppb |
| Idoc North Idaho Correctional Institute | 425 | 2 ppb |
| Pine Ridge Water And Sewer Dist | 390 | 2 ppb |
| Elk City Water And Sewer Assn | 320 | 9 ppb |
| Stites City Of | 253 | 1 ppb |
| Kamiah Valley Company Llc | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monastery Of St Gertrudes | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for White Bird, ID
Look up your address in White Bird City Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask White Bird 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.