Public water system record
Yakutat PWS
Serves an area of Yakutat City and Borough, AK that includes Yakutat · 740 people served
Federal records show 9 health-based violations and 38 monitoring/reporting issues for Yakutat PWS in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 9
- Resolved
- 9
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 38
Key facts
- Yakutat PWS draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Alaska, March 2006.
- Record on file since 1979, with 10 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
110 | Nov 23, 2018 | Resolved | No |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
140 | Dec 19, 2015 | Resolved | No |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
140 | Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved | No |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
140 | Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved | No |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
140 | Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved | No |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
140 | Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved | No |
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Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
140 | Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved | No |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
140 | Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved | No |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
140 | Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved | No |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jun 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 2, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Apr 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2008 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for Yakutat PWS go back to 1979. Before October 20, 2016 they list 10 health-based violations (10 resolved) and 231 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 | 90 |
| 2000s | 2 | 106 |
| 2010 to October 19, 2016 | 8 | 24 |
| October 20, 2016 to 2019 | 1 | 18 |
| 2020s | 0 | 17 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Groundwater Rule, began December 2015, Resolved.
Show all 10 health-based violations before October 20, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 19, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 20, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2003 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Alaska regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Yakutat PWS and issued 1 boil water order between 2001 and 2006. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2006.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2006 | Alaska | Compliance order (no penalty) | 16 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform, Chlorine |
| Mar 17, 2003 | Alaska | Compliance order (no penalty) | 48 violations: 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Carbon tetrachloride, Trichloroethylene, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, Tetrachloroethylene |
| Nov 4, 2001 | Alaska | Boil water order | 1 violation |
What the violations mean
Groundwater Rule
8 incidentsThe system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Groundwater Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).
The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
1 incidentThe system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule
Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system
Where the water comes from
Yakutat PWS draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Yakutat PWS must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Alaska.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells