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Community Water System · PWS AK2120606

Kasaan

Operator location Kasaan, Alaska - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 46 people served; 596 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

46
People served (this PWS)
596
EPA violations (this PWS)
94
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Kasaan standing, high SDWIS violation third

46 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Kasaan sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (596), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (46; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

596
Total EPA violations on record
16%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
46
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Native American
Connections
39
County
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
50
Monitoring Violations
373
Treatment Tech Violations
44

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 106 2022
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 56 2022
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 44 2017
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 36 2019
Coliform (TCR) MR 24 2015
Chlorine MR 23 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 20 2021
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 16 2021
TTHM MR 16 2021
TTHM MCL 14 2018
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 14 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 8 2019
Nitrate MR 6 2013
Fluoride MR 5 1992
Arsenic MR 5 2011
E. COLI MR 4 2018
Cadmium MR 3 1992
Mercury MR 3 1992
Barium MR 3 1992
Selenium MR 3 1992
Chromium MR 3 1992
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 3 2014
Xylenes, Total MR 3 2014
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2014
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2014
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 3 2014
Carbon tetrachloride MR 3 2014
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 3 2014
Trichloroethylene MR 3 2014
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 3 2014

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Kasaan has 596 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (94 of 596), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

596 Higher than most more violations than 97% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Kasaan

EPA SDWIS lists 46 people served and 39 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

596 violations · 46 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

What to do with Kasaan

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Alaska compares on the same EPA violation measures. Alaska systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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