North Star Behavioral Health System, AK
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.42 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About North Star Behavioral Health System
North Star Behavioral Health System serves about 55 people through 2 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2220086; phone on file: 907-761-7400. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
North Star Behavioral Health System's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.34 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Star Behavioral Health System is 18.27 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.42 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.34 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.18 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.25 ppb |
| 2017 | 18.27 ppb over 15 |
Against other Alaska systems
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. North Star Behavioral Health System's 0.42 ppb sits at the 24th percentile in Alaska and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County
78 other systems share Matanuska-Susitna Borough County; 49 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Star Behavioral Health System. 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 |
| Equestrian Acres | 950 | 1.6 ppb |
| Victoria Estates | 912 | 2.14 ppb |
| Trapper Creek Watering Point | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Unified Alaskan Utilities Midtown Est | 495 | 0.9 ppb |
Next steps for Anchorage, AK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Anchorage, 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 North Star Behavioral Health System 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.