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Radium-228 violations in Idaho

25 active public water systems in Idaho had a Radium-228 violation in the past three years, 3 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Radium-228 is and why it matters.

Health effects: Radium-228 accumulates in bone and delivers a beta radiation dose internally, increasing the risk of bone cancer over time. It also decays to radon-220 and other short-lived isotopes, contributing additional radiation dose. As with all radionuclides there is no established safe threshold — any exposure carries some incremental cancer risk.

Systems with a Radium-228 violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Lewiston City of
Nez Perce County
15,001 3 0
Drake Subd
Canyon County
150 9 3
Purple Sage Community
Canyon County
98 3 0
Falls Water Company INC
Bonneville County
22,650 3 0
Sun Valley Water and Sewer Dist
Blaine County
3,400 4 1
Comore Loma
Bonneville County
1,626 1 0
Troy City of
Latah County
850 4 0
Juliaetta City of
Latah County
624 4 1
Wilderness Ranch Owners Association INC
Boise County
525 3 1
Terrace Lakes Water Company
Boise County
475 6 1
Bennington Water System
Bear Lake County
250 9 3
Mellen Subd Water Dist
Elmore County
250 6 1
Paul Housing Authority
Minidoka County
250 4 1
Dufort Water Association
Bonner County
216 3 0
Golf Club Estates Water INC
Bonner County
140 3 0
White Bird City of
Idaho County
125 6 1
Highway 54 Water Association, INC
Kootenai County
100 2 0
King Hill Domestic Water and Sewer
Elmore County
87 8 1
Horizon Ridge Subdivision
Canyon County
75 2 0
Mountain Sage
Elmore County
65 9 2
Cedar Point Subdivision
Bingham County
63 7 3
SM Utilities
Kootenai County
58 2 0
Sunnyside Park
Clearwater County
40 7 2
Murray Water Assn INC
Shoshone County
35 5 0
Riverview Acres Water Assn 1
Bingham County
33 2 0
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Radium-228, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Radium-228 alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Idaho records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.