Galena Wtp2 - Gila, AK
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Galena Wtp2 - Gila serves about 290 people through 25 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 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2360159; phone on file: 907-656-1301. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Galena Wtp2 - Gila's lead record
That is down 8.5 ppb from 11 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Galena Wtp2 - Gila is 19.1 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 19.1 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 19.1 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.4 ppb |
How Galena Wtp2 - Gila 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. Galena Wtp2 - Gila's 2.5 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Alaska and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
26 other systems share Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Galena Wtp2 - Gila. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ft. Yukon Public Water System | 665 | 4.6 ppb |
| Galena Wtp1 - City | 490 | 3.6 ppb |
| Nenana Municipal Water | 486 | 0.7 ppb |
| Mcgrath Water System | 341 | 0.53 ppb |
| Huslia Public Water System | 323 | 2.7 ppb |
| Too'Gha Inc - In Tanana | 271 | 1.6 ppb |
| Nulato River Well | 245 | 2.3 ppb |
| Ruby Water System | 215 | 9 ppb |
| Kaltag Public Water System | 214 | 2.1 ppb |
| Grayling Water System | 207 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Galena, 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 Galena Wtp2 - Gila whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1500 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.