Is Savoonga Water Supply Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Native American
Counties served: Nome 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

340

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-04-01 → 2018-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-04-01 → 2018-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-04-01 → 2018-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-06-01 → 2025-06-30
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-06-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01

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	2070 µg/L 159% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 2900 µg/L	73/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	3.736 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 10 µg/L	43/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	34 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 35 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	21.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	29 µg/L No EPA limit set	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0026 mg/L 17% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	26/26	LCR	2027
TTHM	83.525 µg/L 104% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 85 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	27 µg/L 45% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 35 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	5.586 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.8 µg/L	25/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	10.82 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	24/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	8.66 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.4 µg/L	22/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	11 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	21/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.73 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	8/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	488.3 µg/L 4.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 497 µg/L	4/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	6.142 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.36 µg/L	2/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	244 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2017
Arsenic	0.6260 µg/L 6.3% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2013
Barium	1.47 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2014
Fluoride	205 µg/L 5.1% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2014

29 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneMercurySeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: KINGEEKUK, MYRON
Phone: 907-984-6614
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Savoonga Water Supply

Is Savoonga Water Supply tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Savoonga Water Supply'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 Savoonga Water Supply's water?

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

How many people does Savoonga Water Supply serve?

Savoonga Water Supply reports serving 802 people in Alaska, per its EPA record.

Has Savoonga Water Supply had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 340 violations on file for Savoonga Water Supply, of which 4 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 4 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.