PFAS in Alaska tap water

4 of 30 tested systems measured above the federal limit. 9 had a detection of any kind.

Every public water system below was required by the EPA to test for 29 PFAS compounds. Sorted by the highest PFOA or PFOS reading, worst first. Find yours for the full set of readings and what removes them.

Water system	Highest PFOA	Highest PFOS	Found	Against the 4 ppt limit
Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc. (bu	none detected	46.3 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Moa Municipality of Anchorage	9.1 ppt	none detected	2 of 29	Above
College Utilities Corporation	6.4 ppt	none detected	4 of 29	Above
Golden Heart Utilities	5.4 ppt	none detected	4 of 29	Above
Alyeska Creekside Apartments	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
City and Borough of Juneau	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cordova City Water	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Denali - Main / Front Country	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Doyon Utilities Jber - Richardson	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Eek Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Eielson - Air Force Base	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Ft Wainwright - Main Post	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Ft. Greely / Du / Allen Army Airfield	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Homer Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Jber-elmendorf	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Kenai Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ketchikan Public Utilities	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Kodiak Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Nome Joint Utility System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
North Pole Utilities	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Palmer Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Seward	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sitka	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Skagway	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Soldotna	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Unalaska Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
University of Alaska - Fairbanks	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Valdez Water System - Main	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Valli Vue S/d Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wasilla Water System	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within

All 30 systems the EPA tested in Alaska, every one of them with its own page. Each was tested for 29 PFAS compounds.

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Source, the EPA’s fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, final dataset published 2026-10-15. Original data →