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Water hardness in Ambler

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Ambler, Alaska.

Utility-reported hardness

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Your tap water

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Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Ambler Community Water System

AK2300214 · Groundwater · 261 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.0011 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2022

Violation history (17)
Imported violation history for Ambler Community Water System
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeUnaddressedMar 26, 2026
Revised Total Coliform RuleArchivedMar 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
Revised Total Coliform RuleArchivedFeb 1, 2026 to Feb 28, 2026
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedJan 1, 2026
Revised Total Coliform RuleArchivedJan 1, 2026 to Jan 31, 2026
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedOct 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedAug 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedMar 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
NitrateArchivedJan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Sep 16, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Sep 16, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedApr 9, 2024 to May 8, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedDec 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedJun 16, 2023 to Mar 7, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedFeb 24, 2023 to Mar 23, 2023
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedFeb 15, 2023 to Apr 15, 2024
NitrateResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023

City summary

What the indexed records say

Ambler has 1 published ZIP profile across Northwest Arctic Borough. No qualifying nearby hardness observation is available for the city.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

0 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

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Profiles with evidence
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Confidence labels

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ZIP directory

Water reports in Ambler

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ZIP code

99786

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Ambler

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.