Glennallen Water Works, AK
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Glennallen Water Works
Glennallen Water Works serves about 365 people through 12 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Valdez-Cordova Census Area County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2291499; phone on file: 907-822-4420. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0.73 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Glennallen Water Works is 0.73 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.73 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.47 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.47 ppb |
How Glennallen Water Works 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. Glennallen Water Works's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in Alaska and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Valdez-Cordova Census Area County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Glennallen Water Works. 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 |
| Cordova City Water | 2,700 | 6 ppb |
| Valdez Southcentral | 675 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whittier Water System | 650 | 1.69 ppb |
| Valdez Robe River S/D | 464 | 1.12 ppb |
| 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 |
Next steps for Glennallen, AK
Look up your address in Glennallen Water Works's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Glennallen Water Works 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.