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Public Water Systems

Find out more about your public water system, which is protected under the Safe Drinking Water Act

Public Water Systems (PWS) provide water to communities and are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. In Alaska, the Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental Health Drinking Water Program oversees PWS throughout the state--check out their website here. All public water systems are required to test their water for contaminants, including bacteria and metals such as arsenic.

If you know the name of your water supplier, you can look up their water quality reports at the ADEC Drinking Water Watch page.

Your Public Water System

Photo by Joe Shlabotnik
Photo by Joe Shlabotnik
There are hundreds of Public Water Systems (PWS) throughout the communities of Cook Inlet. If a community is served primarily from one large PWS, we have provided the ID number and link to the ADEC Water Watch page for that water system. Follow the link to see monitoring data, as well as a list of violations and enforcement actions for all years.

Homer: Water System ID Number: AK2240456

Seldovia: AK2240707

Port Graham: AK2240498

Nanwalek: AK2240464

Kachemak Selo: AK2247953

Voznesenka Village: AK2244955

Anchor Point: AK2247490

Nikolaevsk: AK2241648

Soldotna: AK2241054

Kenai: AK2240448

Tyonek: AK2240472

Girdwood: AK2212021

Anchorage: AK2210906

Fort Richardson: AK2212039

Wasilla: AK2224646

Houston: AK2220092

Palmer: AK2226020

Talkeetna: AK2225032

If your community isn't listed here, you can enter it into the Water Watch search engine and the registered PWS that include your community name will come up. Private wells, spring boxes, and cisterns are not included in this database! If you have your water delivered, however, you should be able to find the water source your company uses here.