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Community Water System · PWS AK2340337

St. Michael Water System

Operator location St. Michael, Alaska - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 495 people served; 818 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

495
People served (this PWS)
818
EPA violations (this PWS)
97
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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St. Michael Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third

495 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

St. Michael Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (818), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (495; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

818
Total EPA violations on record
12%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
495
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
91
County
Nome Census Area
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
605
Treatment Tech Violations
97

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 149 2024
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 95 2022
Coliform (TCR) MR 40 2015
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 20 2019
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 15 2022
Chlorine MR 14 2024
Xylenes, Total MR 12 2017
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 12 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 11 2023
Toluene MR 10 2017
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 9 2017
Carbon tetrachloride MR 9 2017
CHLOROBENZENE MR 9 2017
Styrene MR 9 2017
Ethylbenzene MR 9 2017
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 9 2017
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 9 2017
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 9 2017
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 9 2017
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 9 2017
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 9 2017
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 9 2017
2,4-D MR 9 1995
Toxaphene MR 9 1995
Methoxychlor MR 9 1995
2,4,5-TP MR 9 1995
BHC-GAMMA MR 9 1995
Tetrachloroethylene MR 9 2017
Trichloroethylene MR 9 2017
Benzene MR 9 2017

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

St. Michael Water System has 818 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (97 of 818), 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)

818 Higher than most more violations than 98% 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 St. Michael Water System

EPA SDWIS lists 495 people served and 91 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

818 violations · 495 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 St. Michael Water System

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
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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