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Community Water System · PWS AK2260595

Adak Utilities

Operator location Adak, Alaska - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 325 people served; 993 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

325
People served (this PWS)
993
EPA violations (this PWS)
20
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Adak Utilities standing, high SDWIS violation third

325 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Adak Utilities sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (993), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (325; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

993
Total EPA violations on record
2%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
325
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
60
County
Aleutians West Census Area
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
1
Monitoring Violations
781
Treatment Tech Violations
19

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 68 2025
Chlorine MR 47 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 45 2012
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 20 2023
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 19 2025
Nitrate MR 17 2015
Lead and Copper Rule MR 15 2013
TTHM MR 13 2015
Toluene MR 12 2015
Tetrachloroethylene MR 12 2015
Styrene MR 12 2015
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 12 2015
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 12 2015
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 12 2015
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 12 2015
Trichloroethylene MR 12 2015
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 12 2015
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 12 2015
Carbon tetrachloride MR 12 2015
Benzene MR 12 2015
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 12 2015
CHLOROBENZENE MR 12 2015
Ethylbenzene MR 12 2015
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 11 2015
BHC-GAMMA MR 11 2010
Methoxychlor MR 11 2010
Toxaphene MR 11 2010
2,4-D MR 11 2010
2,4,5-TP MR 11 2010
Endrin MR 11 2010

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Adak Utilities has 993 recorded EPA violations, 99% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 1% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (20 of 993), 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)

993 Higher than most more violations than 99% 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 Adak Utilities

EPA SDWIS lists 325 people served and 60 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

993 violations · 325 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 Adak Utilities

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