Is BETHEL HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
BETHEL HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,228 people get their water from it, across 296 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
BETHEL HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM has 371 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,529th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 80th percentile nationally.
Against the AK average
Among the 35 AK systems in this dataset, the average is 8.9 health-based violations - BETHEL HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM's 7 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BETHEL HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-02-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
BETHEL HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM'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: Groundwater 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 BETHEL HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
This is what BETHEL HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BETHEL HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,529th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.