DrinkingWaterCheck

E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace, ID Water Quality

Is E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace's water safe to drink?

Past violation
2 health-based violations

E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,388, over 864 connections.

How this compares nationally

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace ranks 6,976th by violation burden (46th percentile) - 4 violations total, 2 health-based.

How E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace compares within ID

Among the 88 ID systems in this dataset, the average is 10.3 health-based violations - E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace is from 2011-04-08 (health-based: 2011-04-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and E Shoshone County Water Dist Wallace's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,976th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.