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Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AK090 · Fairbanks North Star Borough 65 sys · 6,815 viol · #401/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 98.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #401/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 83.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-MID 65 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Southeast Fairbanks Census Area ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Fairbanks North Star Borough ranks #401 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #2 of 26 counties in Alaska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Fairbanks North Star Borough standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.5% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 83.3% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #401 of 3,254 · #2 of 26 in Alaska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Fairbanks North Star Borough

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Fairbanks North Star Borough on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% North Slope Bo · lowest Valdez-Cordova · near Yakutat City a · highest 92.3% 97% 97.4% 98.1% 98.4% 98.5% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Golden Heart Utilities 78,324 122 Detected
College Utilities Corporation 27,000 101 Detected
Ft Wainwright - Main Post 20,076 459 Detected
Eielson - Air Force Base 9,760 359 Detected
University of Alaska - Fairbanks 6,200 234 Detected
North Pole Utilities 4,005 99 Clean
H2o 2U, Dba the Fill 2,400 27 -
Valley Water Company 1,575 516 -
Fnsb- Pioneer Park 1,075 4 -
Pioneer Wells at Fox 880 185 -
Pioneer Wells 600 110 -
Badger Plaza 547 54 -
El Dorado Gold Mine 524 14 -
Salcha Community Watering Point 508 75 -
Knotty Shop LLC 505 34 -
Bethel Church 500 45 -
Fnsb Birch Hill Ski Lodge 500 25 -
DOT & Pf Fox Watering Point 350 163 -
Fairbanks Water Company LLC 325 8 -
Twin Springs Water 310 97 -
Fort Knox Mine 250 97 -
Camp Li - WA 222 41 -
Hilltop Truck Stop 211 65 -
Turtle Club 204 113 -
Lost Lake Boy Scout Camp 200 49 -
Uaf/Iab Toolik Field Station 175 66 -
Chena Hot Springs Resort 165 77 -
Badger Den 158 87 -
Cozy Northern Homes, LLC 156 359 -
Fairbanks/North Pole KOA 155 39 -
Moose Mountain 152 45 -
Fairhill Christian School 150 55 -
Hez Ray Sports Complex 150 5 -
Wildwood Homes LLC 114 180 -
Rainbow Valley MHP 105 381 -
Chatanika Lodge 104 34 -
Beaver Lk. Resort 2545/2555 Mission 102 149 -
Eielson - Birch Lake Recreation Area 100 37 -
Lds / Salcha Chapel 100 14 -
Chena Lakes Ra Showers 100 4 -
Northstar Center 99 298 -
Borealis Basecamp 90 137 -
Ivory Jacks 88 58 -
Two Rivers Outpost 80 58 -
Eielson - Famcamp 80 13 -
White Birch Apartments 72 171 -
Village Mobile Home Park 65 123 -
Alyeska Ps 4 Perm 60 61 -
Alyeska Ps 5 Perm 60 89 -
Polar Ice Center 58 62 -

Compare beyond Alaska

Mid-flagged peers for Fairbanks North Star Borough

Cross-state counties nearest Fairbanks North Star Borough on flagged-system share (98.5%) and cumulative violation count (6,815). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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