Cordova City Water, AK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Cordova City Water
Cordova City Water serves about 2,700 people through 872 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Valdez-Cordova Census Area County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2293205; phone on file: 907-424-6220. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Cordova City Water's lead record
That is up 2.6 ppb from 3.4 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cordova City Water is 6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.4 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. Cordova City Water's 6 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Alaska and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Valdez-Cordova Census Area County
17 other systems share Valdez-Cordova Census Area County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Cordova City Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Valdez Water System - Main | 4,500 | 4.7 ppb |
| Valdez Southcentral | 675 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whittier Water System | 650 | 1.69 ppb |
| Valdez Robe River S/D | 464 | 1.12 ppb |
| Glennallen Water Works | 365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kenny Lake Community Well | 236 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kenny Lake Fire Hall | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tatitlek Water System | 95 | 2.3 ppb |
| Mentasta Washeteria/14 Plex | 90 | 1 ppb |
| Tezdlende Estates And Watering Point | 75 | 0.15 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cordova, 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 Cordova City Water 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.