What's in SEWARD's water?
SEWARD has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 3,324 people through 1,003 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SEWARD ranks 7,100th by violation burden (45th percentile) - 281 violations total, 1 health-based.
How SEWARD compares within AK
SEWARD's 1 health-based violations sit within the AK average of 8.9, across 35 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SEWARD is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SEWARD'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is SEWARD's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for SEWARD - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.