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Bear Lake County, Idaho

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ID007 · Bear Lake County 33 sys · 1,296 viol · #2530/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 18.1% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2530/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 33 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Latah County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bear Lake County ranks #2,530 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 44 counties in Idaho. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bear Lake County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 18.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Bear Lake County . Population served ranks #2,530 of 3,254 · #27 of 44 in Idaho.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bear Lake County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Bear Lake County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Valley · lowest Camas · highest Bingham · near Minidoka · near 89.5% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Montpelier City Of 2,772 28 -
Paris City Of 535 22 -
Georgetown City Of 476 54 -
Fish Haven Pipeline Company 400 44 -
Bear Lake RV Park 325 84 -
Bear Lake West POA 300 24 -
Bennington Water System 250 315 -
Bloomington City Of 206 72 -
East Shore Subd 200 24 -
Camp Bartlett 200 28 -
Lds Liberty Ward Church 200 45 -
Bear Lake Sands 200 53 -
Idpr Bear Lake Sp East Beach 200 16 -
Lds Chic-Keena Girls Camp 200 39 -
St Charles City Of 191 74 -
Usfs Cloverleaf Campground 155 36 -
Lds Dingle Ward Church 133 44 -
Lds Bern Ward Church 124 13 -
Bear Lake West 100 16 -
Usfs Porcupine Campground 100 5 -
Sams Hollow Water Company 100 19 -
Lds Geneva Ward Church 72 46 -
Aspen Creek Water Company 64 8 -
Emerald Beach Subd 60 6 -
Fish Haven Condo Homeowners Assn 60 12 -
Lds Camp Ho-Nak 57 17 -
Canyon Estates Water System 50 13 -
Usfs Emigration Campground 30 5 -
Lds Pegram Church 27 46 -
Bear Lake Hot Springs 25 61 -
Usfs Paris Springs Campground 25 8 -
Usfs St Charles Campground 25 12 -
Usfs Minnetonka Cave 25 7 -

Compare beyond Idaho

Mid-flagged peers for Bear Lake County

Cross-state counties nearest Bear Lake County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,296). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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