City Of Hooper Bay, AK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2021). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About City Of Hooper Bay
City Of Hooper Bay serves about 1,375 people through 89 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a Native American tribe and draws groundwater, in Wade Hampton Census Area County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2270312; phone on file: 907-717-8317. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 6.3 ppb from 7.7 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Hooper Bay is 7.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.08 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.7 ppb |
Against other Alaska systems
Of the 394 Alaska systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.6 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 53 have gone over at some point. City Of Hooper Bay's 1.4 ppb sits at the 47th percentile in Alaska and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Wade Hampton Census Area County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Hooper Bay. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chevak Water System | 938 | 4.9 ppb |
| Mountain Village Water System | 887 | 1.47 ppb |
| Emmonak Water System | 820 | 0.94 ppb |
| Scammon Bay Water System | 637 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kotlik Water System | 617 | 2 ppb |
| Pilot Station Water System | 580 | 4.8 ppb |
| Alakanuk Water System | 570 | 1.8 ppb |
| St. Marys Water System | 548 | 0 (not detected) |
| Russian Mission Water System | 340 | 1.1 ppb |
| Marshall Water System | 308 | 1.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hooper Bay, AK may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask City Of Hooper Bay whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.