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Beryllium violations in Alaska

7 active public water systems in Alaska had a Beryllium violation in the past three years. What Beryllium is and why it matters.

Health effects: Chronic oral exposure to beryllium is associated with intestinal lesions and bone damage. EPA classifies beryllium as a probable human carcinogen (Group B2) based on animal evidence and limited human data. Occupational inhalation exposure causes a distinct lung disease (berylliosis), but the oral route primarily targets the GI tract and bone.

Systems with a Beryllium violation

Unresolved first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Wasilla Water System
Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough County 		18,492 2 0
Denali Main / Front Country
Denali Park · Denali Borough County 		4,122 7 1
Mountain Village Water System
Mountain Village · County 		887 11 2
Silver Bay Seafoods False Pass
False Pass · Aleutians East Borough County 		470 7 0
Forest Park TC
Chugiak · Anchorage Municipality County 		175 12 3
Usfs Kenai Lake Work Center
Crown Point · Kenai Peninsula Borough County 		162 3 0
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Kenai · Kenai Peninsula Borough County 		110 3 0
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Beryllium, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Beryllium alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Alaska records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.