Is Homer Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Kenai Peninsula 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

158

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-04-01 → 2009-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2018-10-01 → 2018-12-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-04-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-04-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-04-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-11-01 → 2014-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-07-02
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2008-12-19 → 2011-12-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2008-12-19 → 2011-12-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2004-07-01

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	232.25 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 404 µg/L	100/100	SYR4	2012–2017
Bromodichloromethane	10.47 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.2 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	84.945 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 118 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	95.415 µg/L 119% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 130 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	62.6 µg/L 104% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 94 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.105 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.25 µg/L	59/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	40 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 58.2 µg/L	59/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	12.64 µg/L 84% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 22.5 µg/L	57/100	SYR4	2012–2017
Trichloroacetic Acid	24 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	8.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14 µg/L	45/61	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	17/17	LCR	2023
Nitrate-Nitrite	356 µg/L 3.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	0.2210 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2012
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/61	SYR4	2012–2019

54 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-PF3ONSAdonaBenzeneBromoformChlorobenzeneCarbon TetrachlorideCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneTetrachloroethyleneTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: COOK, TODD
Phone: 907-235-3174
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Homer Water

Is Homer Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Homer 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 Homer Water's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Homer Water serve?

Homer Water reports serving 7,008 people in Alaska, per its EPA record.

Has Homer Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 158 violations on file for Homer Water, of which 1 is 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.