Ft. Greely - Main Post, AK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.58 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.
Ft. Greely - Main Post at a glance
Ft. Greely - Main Post serves about 1,257 people through 119 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2370780; phone on file: 907-455-1597. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (0.87 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ft. Greely - Main Post is 1.5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.58 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.87 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Ft. Greely - Main Post's 0.58 ppb sits at the 27th percentile in Alaska and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ft. Greely - Main Post. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Northway Washeteria | 223 | 10 ppb |
| Whitestone Farms Tabernacle | 210 | 0.76 ppb |
| Eagle Log Wellhouse | 192 | 3.4 ppb |
| Tetlin Utility System | 150 | 4.6 ppb |
| Tanacross Water System | 108 | 0.31 ppb |
| Living Word Ministry | 62 | 6.3 ppb |
| Larrys Apartments | 44 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fairbanks, 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 Ft. Greely - Main Post 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.