Public water system · ID3140274

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Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise

At a glance

Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise (PWSID ID3140274) is an active community water system in Canyon County, Idaho. It reports serving 95 people through 7 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 7 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDID3140274

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served95

Service connections7

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyID state drinking water program

City served—

StateIdaho

ZIP—

CountyCanyon County

How does Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise compare with other water systems in Canyon County?

By EPA's size categories, Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Canyon County has 140 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,527 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 213,824 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 Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise is well below 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 Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise?

EPA lists Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise 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. 123 of the 140 active systems in Canyon County (88%) are also privately owned.

Does Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 7 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025. The violations listed here began between October 2019 and December 2025. By type: 7 contaminant level above the legal limit and 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Combined Uranium (7 of them). EPA lists 5 as archived, 3 as resolved 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. 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. 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
2025-12-30	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Unaddressed
2023-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Archived
2023-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Resolved
2022-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Resolved
2021-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Archived
2021-04-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Archived
2021-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Archived
2020-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Archived
2019-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Diquatcode 2032	No	Resolved

All 9 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 Youth Ranch Hands of Promise: frequently asked questions

Who runs Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise?

Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise (PWSID ID3140274) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ID state drinking water program.

How many people does Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise serve?

Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise reports serving 95 people through 7 service connections in Canyon County, Idaho.

Where does Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise 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 Youth Ranch Hands of Promise have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 7 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 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 Youth Ranch Hands of Promise'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 9 violations for this system; 7 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 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 Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise's water quality report?

As a community water system, Idaho Youth Ranch Hands of Promise 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 Canyon County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Nampa City of	Canyon	100,200	Community	Groundwater
Caldwell City of	Canyon	74,000	Community	Groundwater
Middleton City of	Canyon	13,190	Community	Groundwater
Parma City of	Canyon	2,250	Community	Groundwater
Wilder City of	Canyon	1,690	Community	Groundwater
Caldwell Housing Authority	Canyon	1,100	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 Youth Ranch Hands of Promise, PWSID ID3140274, Idaho”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/idaho/idaho-youth-ranch-hands-of-promise-id3140274 (data as of October 1, 2026).