Savoonga Water Supply, AK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Savoonga Water Supply serves about 802 people through 184 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a Native American tribe and draws groundwater, in Nome Census Area County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2340183; phone on file: 907-984-6614. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Savoonga Water Supply's lead record
That is up 1.76 ppb from 0.84 ppb in the period ending 2026. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Savoonga Water Supply is 3.52 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2026 | 0.84 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.69 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.52 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.6 ppb |
How Savoonga Water Supply 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. Savoonga Water Supply's 2.6 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Alaska and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Nome Census Area County
16 other systems share Nome Census Area County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Savoonga Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nome Joint Utility System | 3,920 | 2.41 ppb |
| Unalakleet City Water Supply | 757 | 1.4 ppb |
| Gambell Water System | 669 | 0.71 ppb |
| Stebbins City Water Supply | 590 | 2.5 ppb |
| Shishmaref Water System | 572 | 0.27 ppb |
| St. Michael Water System | 495 | 3.2 ppb |
| Brevig Mission Water System | 442 | 1.9 ppb |
| Elim Water Supply | 320 | 1.9 ppb |
| Quality Services, Llc Water Delivery | 300 | - |
| Bering St Sd - Teller Sc/Wash | 295 | 9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Savoonga, 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 Savoonga Water Supply whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2100 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.