Question 1

Is Nsbu - Point Hope water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Nsbu - Point Hope (PWS ID: AK2320426) has 393 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 881 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Nsbu - Point Hope serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Nsbu - Point Hope serves 881 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Anchorage or any other city). It is a Native American-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 226 service connections. The operator address is listed in Anchorage, Alaska.

Question 3

What type of violations does Nsbu - Point Hope have?

Accepted Answer

Nsbu - Point Hope has 393 total violations: 65 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 219 monitoring/reporting violations, and 41 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Nsbu - Point Hope water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Nsbu - Point Hope under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Nsbu - Point Hope use?

Accepted Answer

Nsbu - Point Hope uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Nsbu - Point Hope sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Nsbu - Point Hope ranks #21,387 of 29,740 by people served, and #79 of 164 in Alaska. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Nsbu - Point Hope's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Nsbu - Point Hope has 393 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 6% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 94% of that cohort has fewer violations than Nsbu - Point Hope. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MR	76	2018
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	41	1999
Coliform (TCR)	MR	22	2010
Chlorine	MR	22	2008
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	17	2019
TTHM	MR	15	2018
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	15	2018
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL	14	2016
TTHM	MCL	10	2016
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	6	1996
Fluoride	MR	5	1990
Nitrate	MR	4	2003
Vinyl chloride	MR	2	2013
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	2013
Styrene	MR	2	2013
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	2013
Toluene	MR	2	2013
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	2	2013
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2013
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2013
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2013
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	2013
Benzene	MR	2	2013
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2013
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2013
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2013
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2013
Trichloroethylene	MR	2	2013
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	2013
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	2	2013

Nsbu - Point Hope

Nsbu - Point Hope standing, high SDWIS violation third

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Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Nsbu - Point Hope

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints