How many water violations are in Bonner County?

Bonner County has 5,382 total drinking water violations across 152 water systems, of which 983 are health-based violations. 96.7% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Bonner County systems?

Water systems in Bonner County serve approximately 39,891 people through 152 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Bonner County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 0 of 2 tested systems in Bonner County had at least one PFAS detection (0.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 152 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Bonner County?

Water systems in Bonner County use GW (136 systems), SW (16 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. 18.3% of Bonner County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Bonner County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bonner County ranks #1,114 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 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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Bonner County, Idaho

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ID017 · Bonner County 152 sys · 5,382 viol · #1114/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 96.7% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 18.3% health
RANK-UPPER #1114/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 89%
SYS-LARGE 152 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bonner County ranks #1,114 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 44 counties in Idaho. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bonner County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 18.3% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,114 of 3,254 · #10 of 44 in Idaho.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Sandpoint Public Works Dept	12,284	74	Clean
Schweitzer Mountain Resort	3,301	52	-
Priest River City Of	2,173	92	-
Oden Water Assn Inc	1,524	212	-
Schweitzer Basin Water Company	955	3	-
Stoneridge Utilities	940	63	-
Dover City Of	865	23	-
Clark Fork City Of	730	19	-
Sagle Valley Water Dist	708	14	-
Southside Water and Sewer Dist	670	35	-
Laclede Water Dist	668	67	-
Syringa Heights Water Dist	550	43	-
West Bonner Water Dist 1	545	88	-
Idpr Priest Lake Sp Indian Creek Cg	500	11	-
Outback Inn	500	3	-
East Hope Water Dept	445	73	-
Northside Water Users Assn	413	21	-
Huckleberry Bay Water System	362	5	-
Mountain Springs Water Corporation	338	6	-
Vp, Inc	327	19	-
Travel America Trailer Park Sandpoint	318	32	-
Lds Priest River	304	122	-
Idaho Club	300	0	-
Colburn Water Assn	290	85	-
Cougar Creek Water Assn	270	69	-
Jeb and Margarets Trailer Haven	260	5	-
Solar Acres Water Association, LLC	250	48	-
Dufort Water Association	216	170	-
Beyond Hope Resort	207	9	-
Elkins on Priest Lake	200	20	-
Hills Resort	200	2	-
Southside Elementary School	200	21	-
Inn at Priest Lake	200	30	-
Usfs Sam Owen Campground	186	6	-
Blanchard Coop Water Assn	180	11	-
Hope Water System	180	195	-
Priest Lake Water, LLC	178	4	-
Sourdough Point	178	74	-
Lds Westmond	177	62	-
Encoder Products Company Westmond	170	17	-
Victory Church	150	0	-
Murray Acres Assn Inc	143	10	-
Outlet Water Assn	141	41	-
Golf Club Estates Water Inc	140	238	-
Swan Shores II	140	4	-
Usfs Luby Bay Campground and Museum	135	7	-
Cedar Springs Community Water	130	313	-
Hope Elementary School	125	32	-
Sunnyside Water Assn	125	29	-
Idpr Priest Lake Sp Lionhead Cg	121	10	-

Compare beyond Idaho

Mid-flagged peers for Bonner County

Cross-state counties nearest Bonner County on flagged-system share (96.7%) and cumulative violation count (5,382). 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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