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Little Friends Childcare

At a glance

Little Friends Childcare (PWSID AK2226017) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, Alaska. It reports serving 47 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2018.

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

Population served

47

Service connections

2

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDAK2226017
System typeNon-transient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served47
Service connections2
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyAK state drinking water program
City servedPalmer
StateAlaska
ZIP—

How does Little Friends Childcare compare with other water systems in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County?

By EPA's size categories, Little Friends Childcare is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Matanuska-Susitna Borough County has 342 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 264 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% 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 non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Little Friends Childcare is well below that figure.

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

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Alaska has 227 active non-transient non-community water systems, 17% 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 Friends Childcare?

EPA lists Little Friends Childcare 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 Friends Childcare have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2018. The violations listed here began between January 2011 and June 2018. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminants or rules involved are Groundwater Rule, Arsenic, Total coliform bacteria (TCR) and Nitrate. EPA lists 12 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
2018-06-17Required treatment not metFailure To Address Deficiency · code 45Groundwater Rulecode 0700YesResolved
2017-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Arseniccode 1005NoResolved
2013-05-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2013-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2012-07-01Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Antimonycode 1074NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Chromiumcode 1020NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Berylliumcode 1075NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Thalliumcode 1085NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Cyanidecode 1024NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Bariumcode 1010NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Cadmiumcode 1015NoResolved

The 12 most recent 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 Friends Childcare: frequently asked questions

Who runs Little Friends Childcare?

Little Friends Childcare (PWSID AK2226017) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the AK state drinking water program.

How many people does Little Friends Childcare serve?

Little Friends Childcare reports serving 47 people through 2 service connections in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, Alaska.

Where does Little Friends Childcare 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 Friends Childcare have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2018. 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 Friends Childcare'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2018. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the AK state drinking water program.

Where can I find Little Friends Childcare's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Little Friends Childcare is a non-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 Friends Childcare, PWSID AK2226017, Alaska”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/alaska/little-friends-childcare-ak2226017 (data as of October 1, 2026).