Pioneer Wells, AK
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 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.
Pioneer Wells at a glance
Pioneer Wells serves about 600 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Fairbanks North Star Borough County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2310714; phone on file: 907-452-3002. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Pioneer Wells's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pioneer Wells is 1.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.3 ppb |
How Pioneer Wells 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. Pioneer Wells's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Alaska and the 23rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Fairbanks North Star Borough County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pioneer Wells. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Heart Utilities | 78,324 | 2.4 ppb |
| College Utilities Corporation | 27,000 | 1 ppb |
| Ft Wainwright - Main Post | 20,076 | 3.1 ppb |
| Eielson - Air Force Base | 11,870 | 1.2 ppb |
| University Of Alaska - Fairbanks | 6,200 | 2.4 ppb |
| North Pole Utilities | 4,005 | 0.56 ppb |
| H2o 2u, Dba The Fill | 2,400 | - |
| Valley Water Company | 1,575 | 23 ppb |
| Pioneer Wells At Fox | 880 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salcha Community Watering Point | 508 | 3.3 ppb |
Next steps for Fairbanks, AK
Look up your address in Pioneer Wells'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 Pioneer Wells 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.