Is Golovin Community Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface 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.

206

health-based violations

1,521

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-10-01 → 2023-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-08-01 → 2022-08-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-08-01 → 2022-08-31

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	1120 µg/L 86% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1210 µg/L	37/37	SYR4	2015–2019
Lead	8.862 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 9.46 µg/L	27/37	SYR4	2015–2019
Chloroform	315.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 350 µg/L	24/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	11.77 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.4 µg/L	23/24	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	330 µg/L 413% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 362 µg/L	23/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	96.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 102 µg/L	22/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	196.55 µg/L 328% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 234 µg/L	22/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	102.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 126 µg/L	20/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	12/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0012 mg/L 8% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2027
Monochloroacetic Acid	6.0985 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.34 µg/L	4/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	268 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2017
Nitrate-Nitrite	179.1 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 183 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2012–2019
P-Dichlorobenzene	4.6485 µg/L 6.2% of the EPA limit 75 µg/L worst single sample: 4.83 µg/L	2/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	7.1 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2019
Toluene	0.6200 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Xylenes, Total	0.6400 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/14	SYR4	2012–2019

31 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidEthylbenzeneFluorideMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: FAGERSTROM, JOANN
Phone: 907-779-2371

Frequently asked questions about Golovin Community Water

Is Golovin Community Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 17 contaminants in Golovin Community 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 Golovin Community Water's water?

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

How many people does Golovin Community Water serve?

Golovin Community Water reports serving 150 people in Alaska, per its EPA record.

Has Golovin Community Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 1521 violations on file for Golovin Community Water, of which 206 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 5 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.