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Community Water System · PWS AK2340248

Bering St SD - Teller SC/Wash

Operator location Teller, Alaska - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 295 people served; 1,506 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

295
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
1,506
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
121
Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Bering St SD - Teller SC/Wash standing, high SDWIS violation third

295 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Bering St SD - Teller SC/Wash sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (1,506), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (295; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

1,506
Total EPA violations on record
8%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
295
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.

F
Water Safety Score
0/100
Bering St SD - Teller SC/Wash

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
121
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
1,385
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Native American
Connections
3
County
Nome Census Area
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
81
Monitoring Violations
1,202
Treatment Tech Violations
40

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 293 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 123 2016
TTHM MCL 61 2019
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 52 2024
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 37 2022
Toluene MR 28 2022
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 27 2022
Carbon tetrachloride MR 27 2022
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 27 2022
Trichloroethylene MR 27 2022
Benzene MR 27 2022
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 27 2022
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 27 2022
Xylenes, Total MR 25 2022
Styrene MR 25 2022
Ethylbenzene MR 25 2022
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 25 2022
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 25 2022
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 25 2022
Tetrachloroethylene MR 25 2022
CHLOROBENZENE MR 25 2022
TTHM MR 25 2022
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 25 2022
Chlorine MR 24 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 24 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 23 2021
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 22 2022
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 22 2022
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 22 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 22 2022

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Bering St SD - Teller SC/Wash has 1,506 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (121 of 1,506), 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)

1,506 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Bering St SD - Teller SC/Wash plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 05001,0001,5002,000 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Bering St SD - Teller SC/Wash-1506, 8%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Population served record for Bering St SD - Teller SC/Wash

EPA SDWIS lists 295 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

1,506 violations · 295 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 Bering St SD - Teller SC/Wash

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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