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Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling

At a glance

Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling (PWSID AK2330024) is an active non-transient non-community water system in North Slope Borough County, Alaska. It reports serving 95 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024.

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

Population served

95

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDAK2330024
System typeNon-transient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served95
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyAK state drinking water program
City servedNuiqsut
StateAlaska
ZIP—
CountyNorth Slope Borough County

How does Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling compare with other water systems in North Slope Borough County?

By EPA's size categories, Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling is a very small system (500 people or fewer). North Slope Borough County has 79 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 383 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 30,227 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 Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling 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 Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling?

EPA lists Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling 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. 69 of the 79 active systems in North Slope Borough County (87%) are also privately owned.

Does Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024. The violations listed here began between April 2024 and April 2024. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are 1,2-Dichloropropane, Tetrachloroethylene, Carbon tetrachloride and Ethylbenzene. 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
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2-Dichloropropanecode 2983NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Tetrachloroethylenecode 2987NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Carbon tetrachloridecode 2982NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Ethylbenzenecode 2992NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03p-Dichlorobenzenecode 2969NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Vinyl chloridecode 2976NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1,1-Trichloroethanecode 2981NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03o-Dichlorobenzenecode 2968NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1-Dichloroethylenecode 2977NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03trans-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2979NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2-Dichloroethanecode 2980NoResolved
2024-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Chlorobenzenecode 2989NoResolved

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.

Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling: frequently asked questions

Who runs Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling?

Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling (PWSID AK2330024) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the AK state drinking water program.

How many people does Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling serve?

Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling reports serving 95 people through 1 service connection in North Slope Borough County, Alaska.

Where does Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling 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 Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024. 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 Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling'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, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the AK state drinking water program.

Where can I find Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling 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 North Slope Borough County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc.. (BuNorth Slope Borough4,900CommunitySurface water
Hilcorp PbocNorth Slope Borough1,200Non-transient non-communitySurface water
Conocophillips Kuparuk Operations CenterNorth Slope Borough1,198Non-transient non-communitySurface water
Nsbu - Point HopeNorth Slope Borough881CommunitySurface water
Worley Water Truck #30033North Slope Borough770Non-transient non-communityPurchased surface water
Worley Water Truck #30031North Slope Borough770Non-transient non-communityPurchased surface water

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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, “Oooguruk Offshore Production & Drilling, PWSID AK2330024, Alaska”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/alaska/oooguruk-offshore-production-drilling-ak2330024 (data as of October 1, 2026).