The Veterans Administration Hospital District Heating System is located on the northeast side of Boise, Idaho, in Ada County of southwestern Idaho. The hospital is within the borders of an administration district called the Boise Front Low Temperature Geothermal Resource Ground Water Management Area (GWMA). It is located in an area along the Boise Foothills known as the Boise Front. Boise is located along the northern margin of the northwest trending topographic depression known as the Western Snake River Plain