Is Valdez Southcentral Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Valdez-Cordova Census Area

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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2000-07-01 → 2000-07-06
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1999-10-19 → 1999-10-26
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1997-01-01 → 1997-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1997-01-01 → 1997-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1997-01-01 → 1997-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1997-01-01 → 1997-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1997-01-01 → 1997-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1997-01-01 → 1997-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1997-01-01 → 1997-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1997-01-01 → 1997-12-31

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	121.6 µg/L 9.4% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 190 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	3.8795 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 6.2 µg/L	18/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate-Nitrite	364 µg/L 3.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2023
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.1100 pCi/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2016

37 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalArsenicBariumBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromodichloromethaneBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChloroformChromiumDichloromethaneDibromochloromethaneEthylbenzeneFluorideMercurySeleniumStyreneTTHMTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: KOCH, BRAD
Phone: 907-835-4313
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Valdez Southcentral

Is Valdez Southcentral tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 5 contaminants in Valdez Southcentral'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 Valdez Southcentral's water?

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

How many people does Valdez Southcentral serve?

Valdez Southcentral reports serving 675 people in Alaska, per its EPA record.

Has Valdez Southcentral had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 69 violations on file for Valdez Southcentral, 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.