Is BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU Water Safe to Drink in 2026?
Alaska · PWSID AK2320078 · Surface water
Population served
4,900
Cities served
BARROW
State / jurisdiction
Alaska (AK)
PWSID
AK2320078
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TAP WATER GRADE
High risk
Model score 0/88 from violations, PFAS profile, and monitoring signals — not a laboratory test of your faucet.
119 violation record(s) in the latest EPA SDWA quarterly snapshotPFAS above EPA MCL (UCMR5 regulated compounds)
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CONTAMINANTS — EPA UCMR5 MONITORING
Compound
Level (ppt)
EPA limit
Health guideline
Status
PFOSregulated
46.3
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFHxSregulated
18.5
10 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFBA
11.5
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHxA
8.1
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFPeA
6.0
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHpA
3.9
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
Source: EPA UCMR5 · ppt = parts per trillion · MCL = enforceable limit for regulated PFAS
VIOLATIONS HISTORY (FEDERAL SNAPSHOT)
EPA’s national SDWA quarterly files associate 119 violation-related records with this system in the same reporting quarter as the utility snapshot used on WaterCheckup. This is not a complete historical docket — see ECHO and SDWIS for full compliance context.
Based on BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU's monitoring and violation profile, here are vetted filtration options — same picks framework as our city reports.
TOP PICKS FOR BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU
⚠ EPA violations / contaminants in monitoring data
WHY THIS FOR BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU · Chosen for BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU because PFAS was detected at 46.3 ppt in UCMR5 — above the 4 ppt limit for some regulated compounds — and this system shows 119 violation record(s) in the latest federal snapshot. RO removes 99%+ of PFAS at the tap.
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