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Is Buffalo Soapstone, AK tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Buffalo Soapstone, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Buffalo Soapstone has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Wasilla Water System.

Palmer Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Buffalo Soapstone’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Palmer Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Buffalo Soapstone

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Alaska certifies.

The 3 labs Alaska certifies closest to Buffalo Soapstone, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Mat-Su Test Lab, LLC

    Palmer, AK · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (907) 745-3005

  • Alaska Water Laboratories, LLC

    Wasilla, AK · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (907) 373-6130

  • Erdman & Associates

    Wasilla, AK · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (907) 376-6989

All 37 certified labs for Alaska

ZIP codes in Buffalo Soapstone

Which ZIP codes are in Buffalo Soapstone: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: ADEC, laboratories certified to analyze drinking water (microbiological and chemical); distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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