Community Water System · PWS AK2225032
Talkeetna Water System
Operator location Palmer, Alaska - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 161 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,850 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,850
- People served (this PWS)
- 161
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Talkeetna Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
161 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,220 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Talkeetna Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (161), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,850 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,220 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #38 of 164
- Population · AK
- 161
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 205
- County
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 102
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 1996 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 1997 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Arsenic | MCL | 4 | 2009 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Styrene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2016 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Barium | MR | 2 | 1988 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 1988 |
| Chromium | MR | 2 | 1988 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 1988 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 1988 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 2 | 1995 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 2 | 1991 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1991 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 2 | 1991 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Talkeetna Water System has 161 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 161), and it ranks #14,220 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
161 Higher than most more violations than 82% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Talkeetna Water System
161 violations on record for AK2225032; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
161 violations · 1,850 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
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