Public water system · ID6060007

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Blackfoot City of

At a glance

City of Blackfoot (PWSID ID6060007) is an active community water system in Bingham County, Idaho. It reports serving 13,224 people through 4,267 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

13,224

Service connections

4,267

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDID6060007

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served13,224

Service connections4,267

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeLocal government

Primacy agencyID state drinking water program

City served—

StateIdaho

ZIP—

CountyBingham County

How does City of Blackfoot compare with other water systems in Bingham County?

By EPA's size categories, City of Blackfoot is a large system (10,001 to 100,000 people). Bingham County has 67 active public water systems, and City of Blackfoot is the largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 25 times the county average of 523 people per system, and accounts for 38% of the 35,007 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Idaho, the 1,961 active systems average 899 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so City of Blackfoot is about twice that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Idaho has 765 active community water systems, 39% of the state's 1,961 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,861 Idaho systems (95%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates City of Blackfoot?

EPA lists City of Blackfoot as owned by a local government. The ID state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 20 of the 67 active systems in Bingham County (30%) are also owned by a local government.

Does City of Blackfoot have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2023 and July 2025. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Ethylene dibromide (EDB) (2 of them). EPA lists 11 as archived and 1 as unaddressed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-07-02	ReportingNotification, Known or Potential LSL · code 4H	Lead and Copper Rule Revisionscode 5200	No	Unaddressed
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), totalcode 2383	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Picloramcode 2040	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Ethylene dibromide (EDB)code 2946	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Endothallcode 2033	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Diquatcode 2032	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipatecode 2035	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Simazinecode 2037	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Ethylene dibromide (EDB)code 2946	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Glyphosatecode 2034	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Atrazinecode 2050	No	Archived
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Endothallcode 2033	No	Archived

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

City of Blackfoot: frequently asked questions

Who runs City of Blackfoot?

City of Blackfoot (PWSID ID6060007) is a community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the ID state drinking water program.

How many people does City of Blackfoot serve?

City of Blackfoot reports serving 13,224 people through 4,267 service connections in Bingham County, Idaho.

Where does City of Blackfoot get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does City of Blackfoot have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is City of Blackfoot's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the ID state drinking water program.

Where can I find City of Blackfoot's water quality report?

As a community water system, City of Blackfoot must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Bingham County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Shelley City of	Bingham	4,409	Community	Groundwater
Aberdeen City of	Bingham	2,088	Community	Groundwater
Inl Mfc	Bingham	1,350	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Snake River High School	Bingham	745	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
LDS Rose Church	Bingham	724	Transient non-community	Groundwater
LDS Riverside Church	Bingham	637	Transient non-community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Blackfoot City of, PWSID ID6060007, Idaho”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/idaho/blackfoot-city-of-id6060007 (data as of October 1, 2026).