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The Water Service

At a glance

The Water Service (PWSID AK2320230) is an active community water system in North Slope Borough County, Alaska. It reports serving 638 people through 234 service connections. Its primary water source is purchased surface water, 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 August 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

638

Service connections

234

Primary source

SWP

Purchased surface water

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDAK2320230

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served638

Service connections234

Primary water sourcePurchased surface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyAK state drinking water program

City servedBarrow

StateAlaska

ZIP—

CountyNorth Slope Borough County

How does The Water Service compare with other water systems in North Slope Borough County?

By EPA's size categories, The Water Service is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). North Slope Borough County has 79 active public water systems. Its population served is about 67% above the county average of 383 people per system, and accounts for 2.1% 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 community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so The Water Service is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Alaska has 406 active community water systems, 31% of the state's 1,322 active systems. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own. 67 Alaska systems (5.1%) list purchased surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates The Water Service?

EPA lists The Water Service 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 The Water Service have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2025. The violations listed here began between July 2008 and August 2025. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting and 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Consumer Confidence Rule (3 of them). 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2025-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2023-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2021-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2021-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
2021-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2021-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
2014-10-02	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2012-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
2012-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2011-01-25	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherSanitary Survey (TCR) · code 28	Not reported	No	Resolved
2008-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved

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.

The Water Service: frequently asked questions

Who runs The Water Service?

The Water Service (PWSID AK2320230) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the AK state drinking water program.

How many people does The Water Service serve?

The Water Service reports serving 638 people through 234 service connections in North Slope Borough County, Alaska.

Where does The Water Service get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as purchased surface water. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own.

Does The Water Service 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 August 2025. 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 The Water Service'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 August 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the AK state drinking water program.

Where can I find The Water Service's water quality report?

As a community water system, The Water Service must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in North Slope Borough County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc.. (Bu	North Slope Borough	4,900	Community	Surface water
Hilcorp Pboc	North Slope Borough	1,200	Non-transient non-community	Surface water
Conocophillips Kuparuk Operations Center	North Slope Borough	1,198	Non-transient non-community	Surface water
Nsbu - Point Hope	North Slope Borough	881	Community	Surface water
Worley Water Truck #30032	North Slope Borough	770	Non-transient non-community	Purchased surface water
Worley Water Truck #30030	North Slope Borough	770	Non-transient non-community	Purchased 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, “The Water Service, PWSID AK2320230, Alaska”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/alaska/the-water-service-ak2320230 (data as of October 1, 2026).