Watercolour of a small house at dusk, with the water meter cover in the sidewalk out front.

Is there lead in Ketchikan's tap water?

2.5PPBparts per billion of lead in Ketchikan Public Utilities's water at the latest test, from 2022 to 2024

Under the legal limit of 15 ppb

Water companies that supply Ketchikan

7 public water companies list Ketchikan as a place they supply. The biggest is Ketchikan Public Utilities, with about 8,937 people. The highest latest result among Ketchikan's water companies is 2.5 parts per billion, at Ketchikan Public Utilities. None of the 5 with results was above 15 at its latest test. 1 found too little lead to measure. Small ones like Ketchikan H2o supply just their own grounds or street; most of Ketchikan gets its water from Ketchikan Public Utilities. 2 have no lead test results on file. 5 are small systems serving fewer than 500 people each, such as a mobile home park, a subdivision or a business with its own well. Your water bill names yours.

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