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Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AK170 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough 345 sys · 20,535 viol · #619/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.4% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.5% health
  • RANK-TOP #619/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 345 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Kenai Peninsula Borough ( -0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Matanuska-Susitna Borough ranks #619 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 26 counties in Alaska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.4% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #619 of 3,254 · #3 of 26 in Alaska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Matanuska-Susitna Borough

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% North Slope Bo · lowest Matanuska-Susi · this county Yakutat City a · highest 92.3% 96.4% 97% 97.4% 98.1% 98.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Wasilla Water System 18,492 224 Detected
Palmer Water System 8,111 206 Clean
Unified Alaskan Utilities Settlers Bay 2,733 267 -
Msbsd Colony Schools 1,961 103 -
Talkeetna Water System 1,850 161 -
Valley Utilities LLC 1,590 6 -
Speedway Seward Meridian 1,315 10 -
Country Field Water Co. 1,166 91 -
Speedway Kgb 1,162 34 -
Mt McKinley Princess Lodge 1,156 258 -
Fairview Market Place 1,113 43 -
Speedway Parks/Pitman 1,111 22 -
Matsu Water Bottling 1,025 147 -
Equestrian Acres 950 104 -
Victoria Estates 912 192 -
Msbsd Knik-Goose Bay Elem. 897 34 -
Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge 884 11 -
Msbsd Teeland Middle School 748 24 -
Wasilla Christian Church 658 18 -
Church on the Rock Wasilla Campus 617 34 -
Three Bears Store 60 - 4 Corners 590 83 -
Msbsd Career Center 575 195 -
Msbsd Redington JR/SR High School 550 15 -
East Big Lake Mall 546 79 -
Msbsd Meadow Lakes Elementary 515 49 -
Wasilla Circle K Store - 7751 W Parks Hw 513 5 -
Msbsd Ron Larson School 505 31 -
Trapper Creek Watering Point 500 7 -
Unified Alaskan Utilities Midtown Est 495 125 -
Three Bears Store 80 - Pittman 484 44 -
Msbsd Mat-Su Central School 480 0 -
Msbsd Cottonwood Creek Elem 475 179 -
Msbsd Pioneer Peak 475 135 -
Meadow Brook Subdivision 465 151 -
Msbsd Finger Lake Elementary 445 121 -
Msbsd Tanaina Elementary 439 51 -
Pioneer Meadows Subdivision 435 87 -
Msbsd Snowshoe Elementary 427 125 -
Three Bears Store Big Lake 420 0 -
Gorilla Fireworks. LLC 420 1 -
Townsite Foodmart 406 19 -
Turners Corner 406 17 -
Msbsd Dena'ina Elementary School 400 12 -
Msbsd Butte Elementary 400 43 -
Three Bears Store 85 - Kgb 388 69 -
Msbsd Houston High School 381 61 -
Msbsd Houston Middle School 380 18 -
Valley Country Store #2 365 2 -
Msbsd Big Lake Elem #2 New 365 47 -
Valley Country Store #1 365 22 -

Compare beyond Alaska

Mid-flagged peers for Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Cross-state counties nearest Matanuska-Susitna Borough on flagged-system share (97.4%) and cumulative violation count (20,535). 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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