How many water violations are in Bingham County?

Bingham County has 3,178 total drinking water violations across 74 water systems, of which 468 are health-based violations. 100.0% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Bingham County systems?

Water systems in Bingham County serve approximately 36,624 people through 74 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Bingham County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 1 of 3 tested systems in Bingham County had at least one PFAS detection (33.3% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 74 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Bingham County?

Water systems in Bingham County use GW (74 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 14.7% of Bingham County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Bingham County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Bingham County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bingham County ranks #1,179 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 of 44 counties in Idaho. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Bingham County, Idaho

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ID011 · Bingham County 74 sys · 3,178 viol · #1179/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 14.7% health
RANK-UPPER #1179/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 100%
SYS-MID 74 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bingham County ranks #1,179 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 of 44 counties in Idaho. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bingham 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 14.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,179 of 3,254 · #11 of 44 in Idaho.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Blackfoot City Of	11,922	74	Clean
Shelley City Of	4,409	33	Detected
Aberdeen City Of	2,088	22	-
Inl Mfc	1,350	28	-
Snake River High School	745	59	-
Lds Rose Church	724	3	-
Lds Riverside Church	637	16	-
Lds Thomas Ward Church	624	47	-
Lds Blackfoot West Stake Center	599	11	-
Lds Blackfoot Northwest Stake Center	521	7	-
Firth City Of	511	10	-
Basic American Foods Blackfoot	500	79	-
Lds Pingree Church	500	16	-
Lds Riverton Church	450	10	-
Lds Wapello Church	436	2	-
Basalt City Of	425	17	-
Lds Goshen Church	423	10	-
Lds Groveland Church	421	8	-
Lds Jameston Church	421	5	-
Lds Moreland Church	400	14	-
Lds Sellers Creek Ranch - #5011664	400	2	-
Moreland Water and Sewer District	364	11	-
Moreland School	360	14	-
Groveland Elementary School Dist 55	350	59	-
A W Johnson Elementary School	330	21	-
Basic American Food Shelley	300	24	-
Riverside Elementary School	300	29	-
Snake River JR High School	300	88	-
Lds Snake River Seminary Bldg	300	22	-
Snake River Middle School	300	51	-
Sportsmans Park Bingham County	300	10	-
Lds Camp Cumorah - #5306108	300	30	-
Groveland Water and Sewer Dist	295	14	-
Wapello Elementary School	253	56	-
Idaho Supreme	250	148	-
Greenfield Water and Sewer	240	169	-
Lds Camp Pasa la Coma	225	13	-
Woodville	225	104	-
Rockford Elementary	217	29	-
Lds Lake View Ward Church	200	46	-
Riverview Villa	200	61	-
Wada Farms Potatoes Inc	190	40	-
Journeys End	180	1	-
Snake River View Estates	175	12	-
Basic American Potato, Inc. Packers	160	42	-
Gas and Scrub	150	14	-
Country Haven Utilities	150	228	-
South Park Water and Sewer	125	47	-
Pioneer Acres	110	20	-
Gpod of Idaho	100	99	-

Compare beyond Idaho

Mid-flagged peers for Bingham County

Cross-state counties nearest Bingham County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (3,178). 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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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