Snowshoe Water System, AK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.26 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. 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.
Snowshoe Water System at a glance
Snowshoe Water System serves about 180 people through 60 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: AK2223315; phone on file: 907-243-0740. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0.22 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Snowshoe Water System is 0.94 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.26 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.22 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.94 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.94 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Snowshoe Water System's 0.26 ppb sits at the 20th percentile in Alaska and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County
78 other systems share Matanuska-Susitna Borough County; 56 of them have a higher latest lead result than Snowshoe Water 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 Snowshoe 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.