Living Word Ministry, AK
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.3 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Living Word Ministry at a glance
Living Word Ministry serves about 62 people through 6 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2380329; phone on file: 907-323-4117. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Living Word Ministry's lead record
That is down 14.7 ppb from 21 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Living Word Ministry is 28 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2025 | 21 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 28 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 1.66 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.5 ppb |
How Living Word Ministry 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. Living Word Ministry's 6.3 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Alaska and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County
7 other systems share Southeast Fairbanks Census Area County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Living Word Ministry. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ft. Greely - Main Post | 1,257 | 0.58 ppb |
| 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 |
| Larrys Apartments | 44 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Delta Jct., 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 Living Word Ministry 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.