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Little Beaver Camp Lower Well

At a glance

Little Beaver Camp Lower Well (PWSID AK2223455) is an active transient non-community water system in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, Alaska. It reports serving 200 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

200

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDAK2223455
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served200
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyAK state drinking water program
City servedBig Lake
StateAlaska
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How does Little Beaver Camp Lower Well compare with other water systems in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County?

By EPA's size categories, Little Beaver Camp Lower Well is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Matanuska-Susitna Borough County has 342 active public water systems. Its population served is about 24% below the county average of 264 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 90,225 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Alaska, the 1,322 active systems average 653 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Little Beaver Camp Lower Well is about 39% above that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Alaska has 689 active transient non-community water systems, 52% of the state's 1,322 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,054 Alaska systems (80%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Little Beaver Camp Lower Well?

EPA lists Little Beaver Camp Lower Well as privately owned. The AK state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 282 of the 342 active systems in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County (82%) are also privately owned.

Does Little Beaver Camp Lower Well have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. The violations listed here began between July 2006 and July 2023. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (5 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2023-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2013-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2011-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2010-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2010-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2007-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2007-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2006-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved

All 8 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Little Beaver Camp Lower Well: frequently asked questions

Who runs Little Beaver Camp Lower Well?

Little Beaver Camp Lower Well (PWSID AK2223455) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the AK state drinking water program.

How many people does Little Beaver Camp Lower Well serve?

Little Beaver Camp Lower Well reports serving 200 people through 1 service connection in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, Alaska.

Where does Little Beaver Camp Lower Well get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Little Beaver Camp Lower Well have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Little Beaver Camp Lower Well's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the AK state drinking water program.

Where can I find Little Beaver Camp Lower Well's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Little Beaver Camp Lower Well is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Wasilla Water SystemMatanuska-Susitna Borough18,492CommunityGroundwater
Palmer Water SystemMatanuska-Susitna Borough8,111CommunityGroundwater
Unified Alaskan Utilities Settlers BayMatanuska-Susitna Borough2,733CommunityGroundwater
Msbsd Colony SchoolsMatanuska-Susitna Borough1,961Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Talkeetna Water SystemMatanuska-Susitna Borough1,850CommunityGroundwater
Valley Utilities LLCMatanuska-Susitna Borough1,590CommunityGroundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Little Beaver Camp Lower Well, PWSID AK2223455, Alaska”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/alaska/little-beaver-camp-lower-well-ak2223455 (data as of October 1, 2026).