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Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village

At a glance

Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village (PWSID ID5240015) is an active transient non-community water system in Gooding County, Idaho. It reports serving 30 people through 8 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDID5240015

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served30

Service connections8

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyID state drinking water program

City served—

StateIdaho

ZIP—

CountyGooding County

How does Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village compare with other water systems in Gooding County?

By EPA's size categories, Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Gooding County has 26 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 363 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 9,437 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Idaho, the 1,961 active systems average 899 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village is well below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Idaho has 954 active transient non-community water systems, 49% 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 Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village?

EPA lists Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village as privately owned. 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. 17 of the 26 active systems in Gooding County (65%) are also privately owned.

Does Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between April 1991 and January 2025. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting, 4 contaminant level above the legal limit and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (8 of them). EPA lists 8 as archived and 2 as resolved. 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. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2015-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2010-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
2006-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2000-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1998-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1997-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1997-04-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
1991-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1991-04-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived

All 10 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.

Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village: frequently asked questions

Who runs Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village?

Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village (PWSID ID5240015) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ID state drinking water program.

How many people does Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village serve?

Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village reports serving 30 people through 8 service connections in Gooding County, Idaho.

Where does Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village 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 Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 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 Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village'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. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ID state drinking water program.

Where can I find Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Gooding County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Gooding City of	Gooding	3,706	Community	Groundwater
Wendell City of	Gooding	3,000	Community	Groundwater
Hagerman City of	Gooding	988	Community	Groundwater
Bliss City of	Gooding	384	Community	Groundwater
Glanbia Foods Inc.	Gooding	250	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
LDS Church Hagerman	Gooding	221	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, “Idaho Power - Lower Salmon Village, PWSID ID5240015, Idaho”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/idaho/idaho-power-lower-salmon-village-id5240015 (data as of October 1, 2026).