Is Palmer Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-10-01 → 2019-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-07-01 → 2019-09-30
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-05-01 → 2019-05-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2018-04-01 → 2018-04-30
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-01-01 → 2009-12-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	230.8 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 290 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2016–2019
Lead	3.9155 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 11 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2016–2019
Lead	0.0023 mg/L 15% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2025
Dibromochloromethane	4.2885 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.01 µg/L	14/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1032.2 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	13/21	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	11.096 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 12.5 µg/L	10/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	3.026 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.33 µg/L	9/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.777 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.84 µg/L	8/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	6.2 pCi/L 124% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 5 pCi/L	8/12	SYR4	2012–2017
Chloroform	1.255 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	7/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.37 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	4/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	48.73 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 50.2 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2013
Nitrate	529 µg/L 5.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	2/4	SYR4	2018
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	1.1 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	2/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	166 µg/L 4.2% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2013

66 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDichloroacetic AcidEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHfpo-DaMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BILAFER, JUDE
Phone: 907-745-3400
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Palmer Water

Is Palmer Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Palmer Water's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Palmer Water's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Lead, Dibromochloromethane, Nitrate-Nitrite, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Palmer Water serve?

Palmer Water reports serving 8,111 people in Alaska, per its EPA record.

Has Palmer Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 96 violations on file for Palmer Water, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.