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Is Sitka, AK tap water safe?

Sitka serves Sitka, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Sitka serves Sitka. In EPA’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and 3 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 8.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Sitka’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Sitka

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

  • City & Borough of Sitka Water/Wastewater Laboratory

    Sitka, AK · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

    (907) 747-4060

  • Petersburg Medical Center Laboratory

    Petersburg, AK · about 72 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (907) 772-4291

All 37 certified labs for Alaska

ZIP codes in Sitka

Which ZIP codes are in Sitka: 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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