Egegik, AK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.4 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Egegik serves about 485 people through 80 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a Native American tribe and draws groundwater, in Lake And Peninsula Borough County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2262238; phone on file: 907-233-2400. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Egegik's lead record
That is up 3 ppb from 0.4 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Egegik is 3.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.66 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.25 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. Egegik's 3.4 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Alaska and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lake And Peninsula Borough County
8 other systems share Lake And Peninsula Borough County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Egegik. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chignik Lagoon Water System | 273 | 2.5 ppb |
| Nondalton | 205 | 2 ppb |
| Chignik Lake Water System | 200 | 3.41 ppb |
| Chignik Bay Water System | 199 | 1.1 ppb |
| Kokhanok Water & Ww System | 160 | 0.64 ppb |
| Igiugig Water System | 100 | 2.1 ppb |
| Perryville Water System | 88 | 0.89 ppb |
| Newhalen Water System | 80 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Egegik, AK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Egegik, 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 Egegik 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.