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Water hardness in Bethel

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 5
Active health records: 0

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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.

Bethel Heights Water System

AK2270346 · Groundwater · 2,228 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: 0.004 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

26% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (20)

Imported violation history for Bethel Heights Water System
Rule	Status	Period
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Jan 1, 2026
Groundwater RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Apr 14, 2023 to Apr 15, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Apr 14, 2023 to Apr 29, 2025
Groundwater RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Apr 14, 2023 to May 21, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2023 to Feb 28, 2023
Groundwater Rule	Resolved	Jan 14, 2023 to Oct 4, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 1, 2023
TTHM	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jun 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2022 to Feb 28, 2022
TTHM	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Nov 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Dec 20, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 31, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	May 1, 2021 to May 31, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Apr 1, 2021 to Apr 30, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021

Bethel-City S/d Water

AK2271999 · Groundwater · 1,660 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 (3)

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 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 1.92 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

148% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018

Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

EPA SDWIS reported health-based violation

Reported violation

Reported level: 0.063 MG/L
Maximum contaminant level: 0.06 MG/L

105% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022

Violation history (18)

Imported violation history for Bethel-City S/d Water
Rule	Status	Period
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Apr 2, 2024 to Sep 25, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
TTHM	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Groundwater Rule	Resolved	Nov 15, 2022 to Nov 15, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
TTHM	Resolved	Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-based	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
TTHM	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-based	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-based	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2021
TTHM	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Jun 30, 2021 to Sep 9, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-based	Resolved	Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-based	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021

Bethel Trailer Court

AK2271148 · Groundwater · 446 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: 0.0022 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

15% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (56)

Imported violation history for Bethel Trailer Court
Rule	Status	Period
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Archived	Mar 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jun 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Jun 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Feb 1, 2025 to Feb 28, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2025 to Feb 28, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Nov 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Nov 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-based	Resolved	Oct 17, 2024 to Aug 15, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS	Resolved	Oct 17, 2024 to Aug 15, 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2024 to Apr 14, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Aug 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	Aug 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Dec 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 31, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 4, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Nov 28, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Aug 21, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jun 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	May 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Apr 1, 2023 to Apr 30, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Mar 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Sep 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Aug 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2022
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Jul 31, 2022
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Jul 29, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jun 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Apr 1, 2022 to Apr 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Jan 31, 2022
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Feb 22, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 31, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Nov 3, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Sep 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	May 1, 2021 to May 31, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Mar 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2021 to Feb 28, 2021
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to May 10, 2022

Willow Tree Apartments

AK2270469 · Groundwater · 224 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: 0.006 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

40% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (6)

Imported violation history for Willow Tree Apartments
Rule	Status	Period
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Jun 7, 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 4, 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 2, 2022 to Dec 28, 2022
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Dec 9, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 15, 2021

Faa Bethel Well

AK2271981 · Groundwater · 25 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 (2)

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: 0.0026 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 1.405 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

108% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022

Violation history (35)

Imported violation history for Faa Bethel Well
Rule	Status	Period
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Jan 1, 2026
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Feb 6, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Nov 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Nov 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2024 to Feb 29, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 28, 2024
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	May 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 8, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Jan 31, 2023
Arsenic	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Feb 6, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Dec 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Chlorine	Resolved	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Sep 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Jul 31, 2022
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Mar 28, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Mar 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 28, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jun 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Feb 17, 2021
TTHM	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Jan 31, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Bethel has 1 published ZIP profile across Bethel Census Area. 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

Median nearest distance: — miles
Profiles with evidence: 0/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: unavailable to unavailable.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Bethel

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ZIP code

99559

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Confidence: —

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Practical next steps

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2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
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Questions people ask

About water in Bethel

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.