Equestrian Acres, AK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Equestrian Acres at a glance
Equestrian Acres serves about 950 people through 230 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2227199; phone on file: 907-746-6000. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.18 ppb from 0.42 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Equestrian Acres is 1.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.42 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.28 ppb |
How Equestrian Acres compares
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. Equestrian Acres's 1.6 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Alaska and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County
78 other systems share Matanuska-Susitna Borough County; 25 of them have a higher latest lead result than Equestrian Acres. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wasilla Water System | 18,492 | 3.1 ppb |
| Palmer Water System | 8,111 | 2.3 ppb |
| Unified Alaskan Utilities Settlers Bay | 2,733 | 0.72 ppb |
| Talkeetna Water System | 1,850 | 1.4 ppb |
| Valley Utilities Llc | 1,590 | 5 ppb |
| Country Field Water Co. | 1,166 | 0.54 ppb |
| Victoria Estates | 912 | 2.14 ppb |
| Trapper Creek Watering Point | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Unified Alaskan Utilities Midtown Est | 495 | 0.9 ppb |
| Meadow Brook Subdivision | 465 | 1.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Palmer, 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 Equestrian Acres 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.