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Nome Joint Utility System

Serves Nome, Nome Census Area, AK · 3,920 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Nome Joint Utility System in the last ten years.

  • AK2340010
  • NOME
  • AK
  • 3,920 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 99762
EPA system ID AK2340010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
7

Key facts

  • Nome Joint Utility System draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Alaska, August 2017.
  • Record on file since 1988, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,378 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1988

EPA's records for Nome Joint Utility System go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (2 resolved, 5 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 96 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 48
1990s 2 30
2000s 3 9
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 9
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 6

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Groundwater Rule, began February 2012, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 11, 2012 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 11, 2012 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2001 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 2001 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 2000 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1998 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 1998 Archived

Enforcement actions

Alaska regulators issued 1 boil water order to Nome Joint Utility System in 2017. The most recent was a boil water order in August 2017.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 18, 2017 Alaska Boil water order 1 violation

Where the water comes from

Nome Joint Utility System draws water from 3 wells. 1 other community water system buys water from Nome Joint Utility System.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Nome Joint Utility System 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.

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