Port Alexander Pws, AK
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Port Alexander Pws
Port Alexander Pws serves about 95 people through 70 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Sitka City And Borough County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2130156; phone on file: 907-568-2259. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (1.69 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Port Alexander Pws is 70 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.69 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.25 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 9.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 9.25 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 70 ppb over 15 |
How Port Alexander Pws 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. Port Alexander Pws's 2.5 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Alaska and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
1 other system shares Sitka City And Borough County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Port Alexander Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sitka | 9,448 | 8.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Port Alexander, 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 Port Alexander Pws whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1385 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. More in what a past exceedance means today.