Contaminant 8000
Unresolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation cited in 2025 (contaminant 8000).
Alaska · drinking water · SDWIS through latest publish
Port Protection Water Quality — Ketchikan, Alaska
PWSID AK2121123 · Mixed sourcesMunicipal
60 people served. 26 health-based SDWIS violations recorded in the past 5 years. 17 remain unresolved. Last cited 1 year ago.
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Contaminant 8000
Unresolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation cited in 2025 (contaminant 8000).
Contaminant 8000
Unresolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation cited in 2025 (contaminant 8000).
Contaminant 8000
Unresolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation cited in 2025 (contaminant 8000).
Most-cited contaminants
What This Utility Gets Cited For
- Contaminant 800031 citations
- Contaminant 02004 citations
- E. coli4 citations
Violation history
What's On The SDWIS Record
Health-based violations exceed an MCL or treatment-technique standard. Monitoring violations are reporting failures with no measured exceedance — they tell you the system isn't fully transparent, not that the water is unsafe today.
MONITORING · CONTAMINANT 8000
2025 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring failure; returned to compliance
MONITORING · CONTAMINANT 8000
2025 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring failure
MONITORING · CONTAMINANT 8000
2025 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring failure; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2025 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique violation
MONITORING · CONTAMINANT 8000
2025 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring failure
MONITORING · CONTAMINANT 8000
2025 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring failure
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2024 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2024 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2024 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2023 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique violation
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2022 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2022 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2022 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2022 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2021 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Maximum contaminant level exceeded; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2021 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique violation; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2021 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique violation; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 8000
2021 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique violation; returned to compliance
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 0200
2021 · Contaminant 0200 · Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique violation
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 0200
2021 · Contaminant 0200 · Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique violation
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 0200
2021 · Contaminant 0200 · Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique violation
HEALTH-BASED · CONTAMINANT 0200
2021 · Contaminant 0200 · Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique violation
MONITORING · CONTAMINANT 8000
2020 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring failure; returned to compliance
MONITORING · CONTAMINANT 8000
2020 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring failure; returned to compliance
MONITORING · CONTAMINANT 8000
2020 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring failure; returned to compliance
MONITORING · E. COLI
2020 · E. coli · Long Term 2 Enhanced SWTR
Failure to monitor as scheduled; returned to compliance
MONITORING · CONTAMINANT 8000
2020 · Contaminant 8000 · Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring failure; returned to compliance
MONITORING · E. COLI
2020 · E. coli · Long Term 2 Enhanced SWTR
Failure to monitor as scheduled; returned to compliance
MONITORING · E. COLI
2020 · E. coli · Long Term 2 Enhanced SWTR
Failure to monitor as scheduled; returned to compliance
MONITORING · E. COLI
2020 · E. coli · Long Term 2 Enhanced SWTR
Failure to monitor as scheduled; returned to compliance
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 · USEPA-clone EJ disparity
Who Drinks This Water
Ketchikan, Alaska (Census place; block-group disparity scores aggregated by centroid containment): a service population of 8,168. Local disparity score for nitrogen dioxide (no₂) sits well below the reference (18). Why we surface this →
12.9%
Low-income
47.3%
People of color
7.3%
Under age 5
15.0%
Over age 64
- Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)Health riskA tailpipe and combustion gas. Concentrates near busy roads and industrial sites; raises risk of airway inflammation, asthma, and lower respiratory infections in children.12below the national median
- Toxic releases (RSEI)Health riskEPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators score — weights TRI chemical releases by toxicity, where they go, and how many people are nearby. Higher means greater modeled cancer and chronic-health risk.2below the national median
- Traffic proximityHealth riskPopulation-weighted distance to high-volume roads. Living close to heavy traffic raises exposure to PM2.5, NO₂, and diesel exhaust — and the cardiovascular and asthma risks that follow.19below the national median
- Lead-paint risk (pre-1960 housing)Health riskShare of housing built before 1960, when lead-based paint was common. Dust from deteriorating paint is the leading cause of childhood lead poisoning, which permanently impairs cognitive development.72above the national median
- Superfund site proximityHealth riskPopulation-weighted distance to NPL Superfund sites — the most contaminated waste sites in the country. Nearby groundwater, soil, and air can carry industrial solvents, metals, and other long-lived contaminants.56near the national median
- RMP-facility proximityHealth riskDistance to facilities holding chemicals at quantities large enough to require an EPA Risk Management Plan (refineries, fertilizer plants, etc.). These pose acute exposure risk during accidental releases.96in the highest 5% nationally
- Hazardous-waste site proximityHealth riskDistance to RCRA hazardous-waste handlers (treatment, storage, disposal facilities). Indicates potential exposure to industrial chemicals in air, soil, and groundwater.14below the national median
- Underground storage tanksHealth riskDensity of underground tanks (gasoline, heating oil, industrial fluids). Leaking tanks are a leading source of benzene and other volatile organic compounds in groundwater drinking-water supplies.56near the national median
- Drinking-water non-complianceHealth riskEPA score for public water systems with health-based Safe Drinking Water Act violations. Higher means more residents on systems that recently exceeded safe limits for contaminants like lead, arsenic, or nitrate.76above the national median
| Indicator | Disparity score | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 18 | well below the reference |
| Toxic releases (RSEI) | 3 | well below the reference |
| Traffic proximity | 30 | well below the reference |
| Lead-paint risk (pre-1960 housing) | 91 | near the reference |
| Superfund site proximity | 0 | well below the reference |
| RMP-facility proximity | 133 | moderately above the reference |
| Hazardous-waste site proximity | 0 | well below the reference |
| Underground storage tanks | 72 | below the reference |
| Drinking-water non-compliance | 0 | well below the reference |
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year) + USEPA-clone EJ blockgroup stats (raw indicators + EJ disparity mirror).
Source. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting period 2020-01-01 → 2026-05-07.
What this is not. SDWIS records compliance against federal MCLs — not a direct readout of tap-water concentrations. Active health-based violations are not the same as a current crisis; we link to the EPA record so you can verify return-to-compliance status before forming a conclusion.