Lead Service Lines
Keep the Lead Out! An Important Message from North Kootenai Water District
Providing safe water to our customers is the MOST important thing we do! North Kootenai Water and Sewer District is proud to provide water that is not considered corrosive to our service meters supplying your home or business.
If your home or business was constructed before the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act Lead Bank, your service line material may possibly contain some lead components that may leach into your drinking water as it travels from our service meter through your service connection and plumbing components.
Below is information from the Environmental Protection Agency on the health effects of lead, steps you can choose to take to reduce exposure to lead in drinking water, and information about opportunities to verify the material of the service line.
- Health effects of lead – Exposure to lead in drinking water can cause serious health effects in all age groups. Infants and children can have decreases in IQ and attention span. Lead exposure can lead to new learning and behavioral problems or exacerbate existing learning and behavioral problems. The children of women who are exposed to lead before or during pregnancy can have an increased risk of these adverse health effects. Adults can have increased risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney or nervous system problems.
- Steps to reduce lead exposure in drinking water are available from the EPA at: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/basic-information-about-lead-drinking-water#reducehome
- EPA’s “Quick Check for Lead” website provides steps to evaluate your service connection for lead-based components: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/protect-your-tap-quick-check-lead-0
Did you know the District has collected over # samples from throughout each of the 15 public drinking water systems we own and operate. We are pleased to inform you that none of these samples exceeded the EPA action limit for lead of 15 parts per billion. In fact, the highest sample result we saw throughout all of our 15 systems was at
Have questions or concerns? Please email us at [email protected] or call our office at 208-687-6593.