Is Seward Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground 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

286

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-10-17
RPT	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2024-10-17
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31

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
Nitrate-Nitrite	618 µg/L 6.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 636 µg/L	52/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	122.55 µg/L 9.4% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 152 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	4.067 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 19.7 µg/L	19/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2023
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.7633 pCi/L 35% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 2 pCi/L	4/4	SYR4	2016–2019
Combined Uranium	0.0412 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 0.0430 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2016–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.8280 pCi/L 5.5% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 0.8300 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2016
Bromodichloromethane	1.2525 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.26 µg/L	2/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	0.6797 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6860 µg/L	2/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.299 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	2/9	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	4.1235 µg/L 5.2% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 4.13 µg/L	2/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	1.03 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/9	SYR4	2013–2019

68 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, TotalArsenicBariumBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidDichloroacetic AcidEthylbenzeneFluorideHfpo-DaMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Trichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SCHOESSLER, DOUG
Phone: 907-224-4058
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Seward

Is Seward tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Seward'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 Seward's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate-Nitrite, Copper, Lead, Lead, Combined Radium (-226 And -228), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Seward serve?

Seward reports serving 3,324 people in Alaska, per its EPA record.

Has Seward had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 286 violations on file for Seward, of which 1 is health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.