Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Bovill, ID: what to set up and who to call
Bovill Water Dept has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 5.0 ppb, was higher than 91% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). The ER is a drive from Bovill: the closest is Clearwater Valley Hospital & Clinics, 26.6 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bovill, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Bovill.
Power comes from Avista
Avista (Avista Corp.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bovill. Its homes paid an average of 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $107 a month (its average across Idaho).
Start or move service: avistacorp.com · (509) 489-0500
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Bovill Water Dept
Bovill Water Dept supplies almost all of Bovill. It draws ground water and serves 256 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 5.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 91% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ID2290005.
Which providers serve Bovill
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Bovill, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Bovill’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bovill.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Bovill is in Whitepine Joint School District 288.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Bovill is in ZIP code 83806
ZIP codes where Bovill residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bovill | ZIP’s residents in Bovill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83806 | Bovill, ID | 100% | 74% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bovill
Who supplies Bovill’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Bovill Water Dept (EPA ID ID2290005). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 5.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bovill?
Avista (Avista Corp.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Bovill?
83806. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bovill in?
Whitepine Joint School District 288.
How do I register to vote in Bovill?
In Idaho you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 11 days before). Elections here are run by the Latah County Clerk. Check your registration at elections.sos.idaho.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.