Community Water System · PWS AK2270338
Chefornak Water System
Operator location Chefornak, Alaska - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 513 people served; 572 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 513
- People served (this PWS)
- 572
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 34
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Chefornak Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
513 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #28,289 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Chefornak Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (572), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (513; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #28,289 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #152 of 164
- Population · AK
- 572
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- 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
- Native American
- Connections
- 7
- County
- Bethel Census Area
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 29
- Monitoring Violations
- 347
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 63 | 2015 |
| Chlorine | MR | 39 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 34 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 24 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MCL | 20 | 2012 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 16 | 2012 |
| TTHM | MR | 16 | 2012 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 15 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 14 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 6 | 2011 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| Benzene | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 5 | 2024 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Chefornak Water System has 572 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (34 of 572), and it ranks #28,289 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)
572 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 Chefornak Water System
EPA SDWIS lists 513 people served and 7 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
572 violations · 513 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Chefornak Water System
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