Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS AK2120729
Ward Cove Deli & Liquor
Operator location Ward's Cove, Alaska - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 110 people served; 229 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 110
- People served (this PWS)
- 229
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 33
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Ward Cove Deli & Liquor standing, high SDWIS violation third
110 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 14% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Ward Cove Deli & Liquor sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (229), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (110; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 14% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 229
- Total EPA violations on record
- 14%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 110
- 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
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 3
- County
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 159
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 31
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 91 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 37 | 2016 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 31 | 2006 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 20 | 2008 |
| Nitrate | MR | 11 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 2 | 2016 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Ward Cove Deli & Liquor has 229 recorded EPA violations, 87% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 13% carry more. 14% of this system's own violations are health-based (33 of 229), 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)
229 Higher than most more violations than 87% 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 Ward Cove Deli & Liquor
EPA SDWIS lists 110 people served and 3 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
229 violations · 110 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.
What to do with Ward Cove Deli & Liquor
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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