Idaho Falls City Of

Water Quality Snapshot: Idaho Falls City Of

Idaho Falls City Of is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 69,450 residents in Idaho Falls, Idaho (Bonneville County) through 26,464 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 144 total violations for this system , of which 1 (1%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 141 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2020.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, recorded in 13 violations (MR). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Idaho, EPA tracks 2,005 public water systems serving 1,743,912 people, with 104,850 cumulative violations and 19,965 health-based violations on record. About 96% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 52.3 violations. Statewide, 40 of 60 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (66.7%).

Idaho Falls City Of's 144 violations sit above the Idaho average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.