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Is Star, ID tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Star, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving Star has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records.

Star Sewer and Water Dist Water System, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Star’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Star Sewer and Water Dist Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Star

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Idaho certifies.

The lab Idaho certifies closest to Star, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Analytical Laboratories

    Boise, ID · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals

All 33 certified labs for Idaho

ZIP codes in Star

Which ZIP codes are in Star: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Idaho Bureau of Laboratories, drinking water laboratory certificates; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Star

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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