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Ketchikan tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Ketchikan. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Ketchikan is served by 4 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 10,422 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 374 violations across the community water system(s) serving Ketchikan, going back to the earliest EPA record. 110 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Ketchikan Public Utilities
8,937 served · surface water · PWSID AK2120232 - Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 8 times between January 2012 and October 2016. The EPA record lists a level of 0.09 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.06 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between April 2015 and March 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
South Tongass Water Utility
975 served · surface water · PWSID AK2121510 - Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 11 times between January 2016 and July 2025. The EPA record lists a level of 0.077 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.06 MG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 4 times between July 2017 and January 2018. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times in March 2015. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2019 and January 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between October 2017 and January 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2017. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between April 2015 and June 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Saxman
450 served · surface water · PWSID AK2120127 - Health-based Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 18 times between August 2003 and September 2021. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 17 times between January 2004 and July 2010. The EPA record lists a level of 0.149 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.06 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based TTHM: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 19 times between August 1995 and January 2010. The EPA record lists a level of 108.2 ; the limit (MCL) is 0 . All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Lead and Copper Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times in March 2006. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 48 times between May 2015 and September 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2018 and October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2018 and October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between October 2004 and July 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Xylenes, Total: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring DICHLOROMETHANE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring o-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring p-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Vinyl chloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1,1-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Carbon tetrachloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloropropane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Trichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1,2-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Tetrachloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring CHLOROBENZENE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Benzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Toluene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Ethylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Styrene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2018 and April 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Combined Uranium: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Combined Radium (-226 and -228): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between January 2005 and October 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between January 2005 and October 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring E. COLI: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in February 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in February 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring contaminant code null: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in December 2009. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Arsenic: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2004. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between January 1995 and July 1995. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 2,4,5-TP: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 1995. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Port Protection
60 served · surface water · PWSID AK2121123 - Health-based Revised Total Coliform Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 22 times between September 2021 and July 2025. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 4 times between September 2021 and September 2021. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Coliform (TCR): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 3 times between October 2004 and November 2005. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 16 times between July 2016 and December 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring E. COLI: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2020 and December 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 10 times between July 2004 and October 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 21 times between July 1994 and January 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between January 1995 and January 2014. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Xylenes, Total: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring DICHLOROMETHANE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring o-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring p-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Vinyl chloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1,1-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Carbon tetrachloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloropropane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Trichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1,2-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Tetrachloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring CHLOROBENZENE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Benzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Toluene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Ethylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Styrene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Arsenic: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2011. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring contaminant code null: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2003. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.