Is KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES's water safe to drink?
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,937 people get their water from it, across 2,783 connections.
How this compares nationally
78 total violations and 39 health-based ones put KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES at the 97th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 389 of 12,903.
Against the AK average
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES's 39 health-based violations sit above the AK average of 8.9, across 35 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-07-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES'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
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES's record does not cover
Everything on this page is KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 389th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.