Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID AK2270728

Lksd Kipnuk Hs

Serves 262 peopleSurface WaterOwner: StateBethel, AlaskaServes a school or daycare
Nothing open that measures the water, but 3 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 1992: 89 violations. 1 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 85 missed or late tests · 2 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-06-30.

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

1Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
85Missed or late test2 open
2Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 88% 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

1992 · Treatment lapse: 1199520002002 · Missed or late test: 12003 · Missed or late test: 2200520102015 · Missed or late test: 222015 · Missed or late test: 222015 · Missed or late test: 222015 · Missed or late test: 222015 · Missed or late test: 222015 · Missed or late test: 222015 · Missed or late test: 222015 · Missed or late test: 2220152016 · Missed or late test: 62016 · Missed or late test: 62016 · Notice or report: 12017 · Missed or late test: 52017 · Missed or late test: 52019 · Missed or late test: 52019 · Missed or late test: 520202021 · Missed or late test: 72021 · Missed or late test: 72021 · Missed or late test: 72022 · Over the limit: 12022 · Missed or late test: 42022 · Missed or late test: 42022 · Notice or report: 12023 · Missed or late test: 302023 · Missed or late test: 302023 · Missed or late test: 302023 · Missed or late test: 302023 · Missed or late test: 302023 · Missed or late test: 302023 · Missed or late test: 302023 · Missed or late test: 302023 · Missed or late test: 302023 · Missed or late test: 302024 · Missed or late test: 12025 · Missed or late test: 22025
One square ≈ 3 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
1% over the limit · 11% treatment lapse · 196% missed or late test · 852% notice or report · 2

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

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)2022-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0770 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

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 4 results on file · action level 15 ppb

1.4 ppb
0.96 ppb
0.8 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (3)

  1. 2025-06-30Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptOpen
  2. 2025-04-22Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen
  3. 2016-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleOtherOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-06-30Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptOpen
  2. 2025-04-22Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen
  3. 2024-09-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  4. 2023-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  5. 2023-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  6. 2023-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  7. 2023-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  8. 2023-01-06Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  9. 2023-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2023-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2023-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2023-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2023-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2023-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2023-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2023-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2023-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2023-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2023-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2023-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2023-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2023-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2023-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2023-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2023-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
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  1. 2023-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2023-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2023-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2023-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2023-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  6. 2023-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  7. 2023-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  8. 2023-01-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  9. 2022-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  10. 2022-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  11. 2022-03-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2022-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  13. 2022-01-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  14. 2022-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0770 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2021-09-29Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  16. 2021-08-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  17. 2021-08-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  18. 2021-05-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  19. 2021-05-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  20. 2021-04-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  21. 2021-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  22. 2019-05-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  23. 2019-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  24. 2019-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  25. 2019-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  26. 2019-01-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  27. 2017-03-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  28. 2017-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  29. 2017-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  30. 2017-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  31. 2017-01-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  32. 2016-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  33. 2016-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  34. 2016-11-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  35. 2016-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  36. 2016-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  37. 2016-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  38. 2016-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleOtherOpen
  39. 2015-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  40. 2015-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  41. 2015-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  42. 2015-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  43. 2015-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  44. 2015-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  45. 2015-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  46. 2015-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  47. 2015-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  48. 2015-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  49. 2015-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  50. 2015-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  51. 2015-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  52. 2015-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  53. 2015-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  54. 2015-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  55. 2015-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  56. 2015-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  57. 2015-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  58. 2015-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  59. 2015-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  60. 2015-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  61. 2003-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  62. 2003-01-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  63. 2002-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  64. 1992-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Failure to Filter (SWTR)Back in compliance

System details

Population served262
Service connections2
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerState
StatusActive
CityBethel
EPA ZIP on file99559

Areas served

  • Kipnuk, Bethel Census Area

Reading this record

Lksd Kipnuk Hs is a non-transient non-community that draws from surface water and serves about 262 people in Bethel, 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.