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North Slope Borough, Alaska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AK185 · North Slope Borough 78 sys · 5,005 viol · #1409/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.7% health
  • RANK-MID #1409/3254
  • BELOW-PEER 2.1 pp cleaner
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 94%
  • SYS-MID 78 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (+ 2.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, North Slope Borough ranks #1,409 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #6 of 26 counties in Alaska. See methodology · corpus placement.

North Slope Borough standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,409 of 3,254 · #6 of 26 in Alaska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around North Slope Borough

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% North Slope Bo · this county · lowest Kenai Peninsul · near 92.3% 94.4% 96.4% 97% 97.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc. (Bu 4,900 119 Detected
Prudhoe Bay Opt. Center 1,200 191 -
Conocophillips Kuparuk Operations Center 1,198 217 -
Nsbu - Point Hope 881 393 -
Worley Water Truck #30030 770 10 -
Worley Water Truck #30031 770 9 -
Worley Water Truck #30032 770 10 -
Worley Water Truck #30033 770 9 -
Pboc Potable Water Truck #34-008 700 6 -
The Water Service 638 43 -
Water Haul Vehicle Cpai – Wtk01 620 0 -
Water Haul Vehicle Cpai – Wtk03 620 0 -
Nsbu - Wainwright 600 417 -
Pboc Water Truck #34-017 600 10 -
Worely Water Tanker #30028 500 3 -
Nsb Sa-10 Truck 19522 500 0 -
Nsb Sa-10 Truck 19523 500 0 -
Cwtf Water Truck 34-011 490 7 -
Worley Water Tanker #30024 480 10 -
Worley Water Tanker #30026 480 3 -
Hilcorp North Slope LLC Exploration Cwtf 475 86 -
Aec Gmt1 Camp Kuukpik 451 35 -
Water Haul Vehicle Sa10-19526 450 0 -
Nsbu - Nuiqsut 443 272 -
Ice Services 10K Gal Water Unit 60A-W1 403 4 -
Nsbu - Anaktuvuk Pass 350 199 -
Ice Services Treatment Plant # 2015 349 20 -
Ice Services Aurora Hotel 327 13 -
Cpai Primary Alpine Truck 011 300 7 -
Nsb Sa-10 Truck 19518 300 6 -
Hilcorp Water Haul Trailer -1208 300 11 -
Conocophillips Willow Construction Camp 300 4 -
Milne Point Unit - Hilcorp 300 115 -
Nsbu - Kaktovik (Barter Is) 292 326 -
Water Truck 34-016 290 4 -
Nsbu - Atqasuk 284 357 -
Prudhoe Bay Hotel 260 149 -
Worley Water Truck #85075 250 0 -
Nsbu - Point Lay 237 381 -
Nsb Sa10 Hotel 222 5 -
Hilcorp Oliktok/Opp & Nikaitchuq/Noc 220 179 -
Conoco Phillips Alpine Oilfield 208 124 -
Cruz Water Tanker #15-286 206 3 -
Cruz Water Tanker #15-284 206 3 -
Cruz Potable Water Haul Truck 200 15 -
Afc Potable Truck #25-629 200 14 -
Nes Water Truck 12-451 200 5 -
Qiruk Camp - Pt Op Center 200 13 -
Ptu Roll on/Off, Raw/Potable Haul 200 4 -
Worley Truck #85066 150 4 -

Compare beyond Alaska

Lower-flagged peers for North Slope Borough

Cross-state counties nearest North Slope Borough on flagged-system share (92.3%) and cumulative violation count (5,005). 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.

4 peers

Similar violation load

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

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

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