Community Water System · PWSID AK2272747

Akiachak Water System

Serves 627 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Native AmericanAkiachak, Alaska
Nothing open that measures the water, but 4 open testing or paperwork violations.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 2009: 140 violations. 1 treatment lapse · 134 missed or late tests · 5 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-07-01.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

0Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
134Missed or late test4 open
5Notice or report

More violations on record than 91% of active water systems in Alaska. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

20052009 · Missed or late test: 120102014 · Missed or late test: 222014 · Missed or late test: 222014 · Missed or late test: 222014 · Missed or late test: 222015 · Missed or late test: 42015 · Notice or report: 120152016 · Missed or late test: 332016 · Missed or late test: 332016 · Missed or late test: 332016 · Missed or late test: 332016 · Missed or late test: 332016 · Missed or late test: 332017 · Missed or late test: 22018 · Treatment lapse: 12020 · Missed or late test: 22020 · Notice or report: 220202021 · Missed or late test: 32021 · Notice or report: 12023 · Missed or late test: 32023 · Notice or report: 12024 · Missed or late test: 12025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025 · Missed or late test: 632025
One square ≈ 6 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
<1% treatment lapse · 196% missed or late test · 1344% notice or report · 5

Across Alaska, 88% of violations are missed or late tests and 2% are water over a limit.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 10 results on file · action level 15 ppb

19.5 ppb
18.2 ppb
10.8 ppb
10.8 ppb
6.2 ppb
5 ppb
4.5 ppb
4.4 ppb
2.1 ppb
1.5 ppb

Open now (4)

  1. 2025-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  2. 2025-02-16Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen
  3. 2023-04-19Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen
  4. 2021-03-09Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  2. 2025-07-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2025-07-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2025-07-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2025-07-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2025-07-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2025-07-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2025-07-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2025-07-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2025-07-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2025-07-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2025-07-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2025-07-012, 3, 7, 8-TcddMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2025-07-01LassoMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2025-07-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2025-07-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2025-07-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2025-07-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2025-07-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2025-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2025-07-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2025-07-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2025-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2025-07-01GlyphosateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2025-07-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 115 entries
  1. 2025-07-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-07-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2025-07-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2025-07-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2025-07-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2025-07-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2025-04-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2025-04-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2025-04-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2025-04-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2025-04-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2025-04-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2025-04-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2025-04-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2025-04-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2025-04-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2025-04-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2025-04-012, 3, 7, 8-TcddMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2025-04-01LassoMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2025-04-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2025-04-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2025-04-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2025-04-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2025-04-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2025-04-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  26. 2025-04-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  27. 2025-04-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  28. 2025-04-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  29. 2025-04-01GlyphosateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  30. 2025-04-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  31. 2025-04-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  32. 2025-04-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  33. 2025-04-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  34. 2025-04-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  35. 2025-04-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  36. 2025-04-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  37. 2025-04-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  38. 2025-02-16Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen
  39. 2024-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  40. 2023-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  41. 2023-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  42. 2023-04-19Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen
  43. 2023-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  44. 2021-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  45. 2021-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  46. 2021-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  47. 2021-03-09Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen
  48. 2020-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  49. 2020-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  50. 2020-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  51. 2020-05-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  52. 2018-02-26Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  53. 2017-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  54. 2017-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  55. 2016-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  56. 2016-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  57. 2016-01-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  58. 2016-01-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  59. 2016-01-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  60. 2016-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  61. 2016-01-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  62. 2016-01-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  63. 2016-01-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  64. 2016-01-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  65. 2016-01-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  66. 2016-01-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  67. 2016-01-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  68. 2016-01-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  69. 2016-01-012, 3, 7, 8-TcddMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  70. 2016-01-01LassoMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  71. 2016-01-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  72. 2016-01-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  73. 2016-01-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  74. 2016-01-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  75. 2016-01-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  76. 2016-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  77. 2016-01-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  78. 2016-01-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  79. 2016-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  80. 2016-01-01GlyphosateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  81. 2016-01-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  82. 2016-01-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  83. 2016-01-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  84. 2016-01-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  85. 2016-01-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  86. 2016-01-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  87. 2016-01-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  88. 2015-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  89. 2015-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  90. 2015-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  91. 2015-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  92. 2015-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  93. 2014-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  94. 2014-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  95. 2014-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  96. 2014-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  97. 2014-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  98. 2014-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  99. 2014-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  100. 2014-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  101. 2014-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  102. 2014-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  103. 2014-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  104. 2014-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  105. 2014-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  106. 2014-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  107. 2014-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  108. 2014-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  109. 2014-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  110. 2014-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  111. 2014-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  112. 2014-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  113. 2014-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  114. 2014-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  115. 2009-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served627
Service connections224
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerNative American
StatusActive
CityAkiachak
EPA ZIP on file99551

Areas served

  • Akiachak, Bethel Census Area

Reading this record

Akiachak Water System is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 627 people in Akiachak, Alaska. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.