What's in BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU's water?
BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 4,900 people through 1,254 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
73 total violations and 3 health-based ones put BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU at the 63th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,743 of 12,903.
Against the AK average
Among the 35 AK systems in this dataset, the average is 8.9 health-based violations - BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU's 3 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 73 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.