Scammon Bay Water System, AK
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Scammon Bay Water System
Scammon Bay Water System serves about 637 people through 97 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a Native American tribe and draws surface water, in Wade Hampton Census Area County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2270184; phone on file: 907-558-5529. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Scammon Bay Water System is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Scammon Bay Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Alaska and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Wade Hampton Census Area County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Scammon Bay Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Hooper Bay | 1,375 | 1.4 ppb |
| Chevak Water System | 938 | 4.9 ppb |
| Mountain Village Water System | 887 | 1.47 ppb |
| Emmonak Water System | 820 | 0.94 ppb |
| Kotlik Water System | 617 | 2 ppb |
| Pilot Station Water System | 580 | 4.8 ppb |
| Alakanuk Water System | 570 | 1.8 ppb |
| St. Marys Water System | 548 | 0 (not detected) |
| Russian Mission Water System | 340 | 1.1 ppb |
| Marshall Water System | 308 | 1.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Scammon Bay Water System'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 Scammon Bay Water 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.