Is WRANGELL's water safe to drink?
WRANGELL had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,300 people get their water from it, across 1,060 connections.
WRANGELL's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WRANGELL ranks 585th by violation burden (95th percentile) - 110 violations total, 29 health-baseds.
How WRANGELL compares within AK
AK's 35 covered systems average 8.9 health-based violations each; WRANGELL carries 29, more than typical for the state. 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 WRANGELL is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WRANGELL'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
This is what WRANGELL 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 WRANGELL's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 585th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.