Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domainLiving in Ruby, AK: what to set up and who to call
Ruby Water System has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 9.0 ppb, was higher than 96% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Power in Ruby comes from Alaska Village Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ruby, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Ruby.
Power comes from Alaska Village Elec Coop
Alaska Village Elec Coop (Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Ruby. Its homes paid an average of 65.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $319 a month (its average across Alaska).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ruby Water System
Ruby Water System supplies Ruby: about 72% of residents live in its service area. About 28% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 215 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 9.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 96% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AK2360866.
Which providers serve Ruby
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Ruby, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Ruby’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ruby.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ruby is in Yukon-Koyukuk School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ruby is in ZIP code 99768
ZIP codes where Ruby residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ruby | ZIP’s residents in Ruby |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99768 | Ruby, AK | 100% | 94% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Questions about living in Ruby
Who supplies Ruby’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ruby Water System (EPA ID AK2360866). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 9.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ruby?
Alaska Village Elec Coop (Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 65.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Ruby?
99768. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ruby in?
Yukon-Koyukuk School District.
How do I register to vote in Ruby?
In Alaska you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Absentee and Petition Office. Check your registration at myvoterportal.alaska.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.