Transient Non-Community · PWSID ID7100079

Sandy Downs Rodeo Grounds and Race Track

Serves 1,000 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentIdaho Falls, Idaho
Nothing open that measures the water, but 1 open testing or paperwork violation.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 2015: 4 violations. 1 treatment lapse · 1 missed or late test · 2 notices or reports. Most recent began 2020-01-01.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

0Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
1Missed or late test
2Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 46% of active water systems in Idaho. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

200520102015 · Notice or report: 120152016 · Treatment lapse: 12016 · Notice or report: 12020 · Missed or late test: 120202025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
25% treatment lapse · 125% missed or late test · 150% notice or report · 2

Across Idaho, 80% of violations are missed or late tests and 5% are water over a limit.

Open now (1)

  1. 2016-06-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2020-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2016-06-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2016-04-16Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  4. 2015-12-11Groundwater RuleFailure to Consult with StateBack in compliance

System details

Population served1,000
Service connections1
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeTransient Non-Community
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityIdaho Falls
EPA ZIP on file83402

Areas served

  • Bonneville County

Reading this record

Sandy Downs Rodeo Grounds and Race Track is a transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 1,000 people in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.