What is the Munimetric score for Alaska?

Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Alaska. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.

Which water systems in Alaska face the most infrastructure stress?

The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Alaska by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.

How does Alaska compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?

Alaska is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.

Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Alaska water systems?

Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.

Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Alaska water systems?

Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.

What compliance signals are active in Alaska?

Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Alaska water systems.

Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Alaska?

Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.

How many covered systems in Alaska have recent recorded drinking-water violations?

Stored public records show 12 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 64 recorded violations across 25 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.

How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Alaska?

Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 23 covered systems; 9 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.

How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Alaska?

Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 24 covered systems; 19 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.

What source-water types are represented across covered Alaska systems?

Stored identity records group covered Alaska systems by source-water type: Surface water: 12, Groundwater: 13.

Where can I find official drinking-water records for Alaska?

The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Alaska.

Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?

No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

States / Alaska

Alaska

Name: Alaska Drinking Water Infrastructure Stress Data
Creator: Munimetric
License: https://munimetric.com/terms

Statewide Munimetric profile for Alaska, covering drinking-water market scores, signal activity, infrastructure stress context, and population insights across 25 scored service markets serving approximately 568,757 people. This state profile highlights what is happening and why it matters using water-system, fiscal, capital, and signal context.

Alaska has an average MISI infrastructure stress score of 31.6/100 in the Watch band as of 2026-08-18. Public records summarize recent drinking-water violations, PFAS monitoring records, lead and copper context, and source-water mix across 25 covered systems. Updated May 2026.

National context

States sized by scored-market count. Color reflects average stress band.

25Markets scored

31.6Headline composite

~569KPop. served

139Active signals

Band distribution (MISI)

State headline composite

Component of current headline composite

Infrastructure Stress21.9 / 100

Physical, compliance, and capital-execution pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Socioeconomic Stress9.7 / 100

Affordability, demand-base, and parent-government fiscal pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Observability Stress0.0 / 100

Staleness, disclosure freshness, and reporting-visibility effects reflected in the blended headline composite.

31.6 headline compositeAlaska state composite25 markets~569K people served

Unalaska Water System54.9fragile Moa Municipality of Anchorage40.7fragile Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc. (bu40.2fragile Skagway39.9watch University of Alaska - Fairbanks37.7watch Wasilla Water System37.5watch Petersburg37.4watch Kodiak Water System36.4watch Eielson - Air Force Base35.6watch Doyon Utilities Jber - Richardson35.2watch Valdez Water System - Main34.4watch College Utilities Corporation33.7watch Ft Wainwright / Wtr Trtmt Plt31.7watch Usaf Elmendorf Afb29.7watch Nome Joint Utility System29.2watch Ketchikan Public Utilities27.5watch Sitka26.8watch Golden Heart Utilities26.0watch Juneau25.7watch Kenai Water System25.1watch Homer Water System25.1watch Palmer Water System25.1watch Seward22.1watch Soldotna20.1watch Denali - Main / Front Country11.3stable Unalaska Water System54.9fragile Moa Municipality of Anchorage40.7fragile Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc. (bu40.2fragile Skagway39.9watch University of Alaska - Fairbanks37.7watch Wasilla Water System37.5watch Petersburg37.4watch Kodiak Water System36.4watch Eielson - Air Force Base35.6watch Doyon Utilities Jber - Richardson35.2watch Valdez Water System - Main34.4watch College Utilities Corporation33.7watch Ft Wainwright / Wtr Trtmt Plt31.7watch Usaf Elmendorf Afb29.7watch Nome Joint Utility System29.2watch Ketchikan Public Utilities27.5watch Sitka26.8watch Golden Heart Utilities26.0watch Juneau25.7watch Kenai Water System25.1watch Homer Water System25.1watch Palmer Water System25.1watch Seward22.1watch Soldotna20.1watch Denali - Main / Front Country11.3stable

State interpretation guide

How to read Alaska headline composite

Plain-language summary

Alaska currently shows an average MISI headline composite of 31.6 versus a national average of 24.4. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.

Why this page stands out

25 scored systems are included in this state view, with explicit confidence and source-backed context.
State posture is benchmarked against national averages, not evaluated in isolation.
Top system links below connect state-level findings directly to profile-level diagnostics.

What to do next

Review the executive context to understand the state-level pressure pattern.
Open top system profiles to inspect what is actually driving stress at market level.
Use saved monitoring after research access is enabled to follow high-stress systems over time.

Priority Alaska paths

Public record layer

Statewide Water Quality Context

Stored public-record context for recent drinking-water violations, contaminant monitoring, and source-water mix across covered systems. This is not a tap-water safety determination and does not change the MISI score.

Systems with recent violations

12 of 25Systems with recent public violation rows.

Source-water mix25 systems

Surface water12
Groundwater13
Purchased water0
Mixed source0
Not stored0

Latest identity snapshot: Jun 30, 2026

Coverage

Violation, enforcement, and compliance-burden counts use the recent 3 years window for dated stored records.
Drinking-water identity snapshots are stored for 24 of 25 included scored systems.
PFAS monitoring summary records are stored for 23 of 25 included systems; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
Lead and copper summary records are stored for 24 of 25 included systems; missing records are not treated as absence of lead/copper context.

Water quality questionsDefinitions and public-record context

How many covered systems in Alaska have recent recorded drinking-water violations?: Stored public records show 12 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 64 recorded violations across 25 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.
How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Alaska?: Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 23 covered systems; 9 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.
How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Alaska?: Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 24 covered systems; 19 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.
What source-water types are represented across covered Alaska systems?: Stored identity records group covered Alaska systems by source-water type: Surface water: 12, Groundwater: 13.
Where can I find official drinking-water records for Alaska?: The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Alaska.
Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?: No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

Official records

Public drinking-water profileEPA ECHO: Federal drinking-water dashboard and public-record search entry point.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: Federal contaminant-monitoring program reference and public data entry point.

Methodology/source notes

Methodology/source notesDisplayed from stored public drinking-water records and official program references. This layer does not change MISI.
Enforcement historyEPA ECHO / SDWIS: Violation and enforcement counts are aggregated from stored public compliance records across covered systems.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: PFAS context uses stored contaminant-monitoring summaries where available; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
State drinking-water programOfficial link not currently stored for this state program mapping.

Top recent compliance-burden systemsRecent 3 years

System	Population	Source water	Recent violations	Recent enforcement	Public-record flags
Unalaska Water SystemAK2260309	9,400	Surface water	18	45	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
Eielson - Air Force BaseAK2370625	11,870	Groundwater	8	60	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
PetersburgAK2130148	3,218	Surface water	6	15	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc. (BuAK2320078	4,900	Surface water	6	4	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Wasilla Water SystemAK2224646	18,492	Groundwater	5	8	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Doyon Utilities Jber - RichardsonAK2212039	20,284	Surface water	4	30	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
SoldotnaAK2241054	4,807	Groundwater	4	23	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records
SewardAK2240757	3,324	Groundwater	4	10	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context

This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. For current advisories or health guidance, consult the utility or state drinking-water program.

Executive context

What This Page Shows

25 of the community drinking-water systems in Alaska are currently scored. Analytics below are calculated from this covered subset only. Covered systems serve approximately 569K people.

What the Data Suggests

Alaska has 25 scored service markets in the Munimetric coverage set, covering roughly 568,757 residents in total. At the latest reading, the state-level average lands at 31.6 out of 100, indicating early but meaningful signs of structural stress in aggregate. A relatively small share — roughly 12% — currently sit in elevated-stress bands.

Across state markets, Operational Stress stands out as the dominant contributor to headline stress (13.0 points average), with Capex Pressure a distant second at 8.8. That pattern suggests a particular kind of pressure — concentrated rather than broadly distributed.

139 active signals are recorded across state markets. The most prevalent is Compliance Escalation, affecting 23 markets.

State-level average stress has been relatively steady between recent observation periods, suggesting the current picture reflects persistent conditions rather than a sudden shift.

This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.

Recent Movement

Latest average MISI is 31.6 as of Aug 18, 2026. Movement since Aug 17, 2026 is flat.

Compact summary from 96 stored state observations.

State Family Contribution Summary

Operational Stress13.0 / 20.0

Capex Pressure8.8 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility6.4 / 20.0

Governance Risk1.9 / 20.0

Rate Constraint1.6 / 20.0

Signals

Signal Frequency

Signal	Severity	Markets affected	% of scored
Compliance Escalation	high	23	92%
Lead & Copper Rule Risk	high	19	76%
High-AGI Out-Migration	high	16	64%
Climate Hazard Exposure	high	16	64%
Parent-Government Fiscal Stress	medium	13	52%
Housing Market Weakness	medium	10	40%
Current Drought Severity	medium	10	40%
PFAS Contamination Risk	medium	9	36%
Population Served Decline	high	9	36%
Income Erosion	high	6	24%
Infrastructure Capital Gap	high	4	16%
Monitoring / Reporting Failures	medium	3	12%
Rapid Score Deterioration	medium	1	4%

Markets

Top Markets

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Unalaska Water System	54.9	Fragile	9K	9
2	Moa Municipality of Anchorage	40.7	Fragile	221K	6
3	Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc. (bu	40.2	Fragile	5K	7
4	Skagway	39.9	Watch	9K	7
5	University of Alaska - Fairbanks	37.7	Watch	6K	8
6	Wasilla Water System	37.5	Watch	18K	7
7	Petersburg	37.4	Watch	3K	7
8	Kodiak Water System	36.4	Watch	10K	7
9	Eielson - Air Force Base	35.6	Watch	12K	8
10	Doyon Utilities Jber - Richardson	35.2	Watch	20K	5
11	Valdez Water System - Main	34.4	Watch	5K	3
12	College Utilities Corporation	33.7	Watch	27K	8
13	Ft Wainwright / Wtr Trtmt Plt	31.7	Watch	20K	7
14	Usaf Elmendorf Afb	29.7	Watch	30K	5
15	Nome Joint Utility System	29.2	Watch	4K	4
16	Ketchikan Public Utilities	27.5	Watch	9K	5
17	Sitka	26.8	Watch	9K	6
18	Golden Heart Utilities	26.0	Watch	78K	6
19	Juneau	25.7	Watch	39K	5
20	Kenai Water System	25.1	Watch	6K	3

Comparison

State Comparison

National average: 24.4

Rank	State	Avg Score	Band	Markets	Delta vs State
2	Oklahoma	33.3	Watch	148	+1.8
3	New Mexico	32.6	Watch	75	+1.0
4	Alaska	31.6	Watch	25	+0.0
5	Pennsylvania	30.9	Watch	357	-0.7
6	Louisiana	30.6	Watch	239	-0.9

Analytical posture

State Stress Analytics

Score Distribution

Distribution of scored market scores with the state average overlay.

25 markets plotted.

Stress vs Population

Each point is a scored market; tooltip reveals market-level context.

25 markets plotted.

Population View

People served by community water systems in Alaska, colored by stress band.

~569K people served by 25 systems in Alaska

Stable

Watch

Fragile

High Stress

Critical

25 scored systems · colored by stress band

Peer Constellation

Select a market to see its nearest peers by score similarity.

Center market:

24 nearest peers by score distance.

Score Trend

Latest

31.6

Trend

+18.6

Observations

Extended layers

Advanced State Context

Priority views, detailed registers, and methodology supporting the analytical core above.

Markets & signals

Priority Views

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Unalaska Water System	54.9	Fragile	9K	9
2	Moa Municipality of Anchorage	40.7	Fragile	221K	6
3	Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc. (bu	40.2	Fragile	5K	7
4	Skagway	39.9	Watch	9K	7
5	University of Alaska - Fairbanks	37.7	Watch	6K	8
6	Wasilla Water System	37.5	Watch	18K	7
7	Petersburg	37.4	Watch	3K	7
8	Kodiak Water System	36.4	Watch	10K	7
9	Eielson - Air Force Base	35.6	Watch	12K	8
10	Doyon Utilities Jber - Richardson	35.2	Watch	20K	5
11	Valdez Water System - Main	34.4	Watch	5K	3
12	College Utilities Corporation	33.7	Watch	27K	8
13	Ft Wainwright / Wtr Trtmt Plt	31.7	Watch	20K	7
14	Usaf Elmendorf Afb	29.7	Watch	30K	5
15	Nome Joint Utility System	29.2	Watch	4K	4
16	Ketchikan Public Utilities	27.5	Watch	9K	5
17	Sitka	26.8	Watch	9K	6
18	Golden Heart Utilities	26.0	Watch	78K	6
19	Juneau	25.7	Watch	39K	5
20	Kenai Water System	25.1	Watch	6K	3

Detailed records

Registers

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Unalaska Water System	54.9	Fragile	9K	9
2	Moa Municipality of Anchorage	40.7	Fragile	221K	6
3	Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc. (bu	40.2	Fragile	5K	7
4	Skagway	39.9	Watch	9K	7
5	University of Alaska - Fairbanks	37.7	Watch	6K	8
6	Wasilla Water System	37.5	Watch	18K	7
7	Petersburg	37.4	Watch	3K	7
8	Kodiak Water System	36.4	Watch	10K	7
9	Eielson - Air Force Base	35.6	Watch	12K	8
10	Doyon Utilities Jber - Richardson	35.2	Watch	20K	5
11	Valdez Water System - Main	34.4	Watch	5K	3
12	College Utilities Corporation	33.7	Watch	27K	8
13	Ft Wainwright / Wtr Trtmt Plt	31.7	Watch	20K	7
14	Usaf Elmendorf Afb	29.7	Watch	30K	5
15	Nome Joint Utility System	29.2	Watch	4K	4
16	Ketchikan Public Utilities	27.5	Watch	9K	5
17	Sitka	26.8	Watch	9K	6
18	Golden Heart Utilities	26.0	Watch	78K	6
19	Juneau	25.7	Watch	39K	5
20	Kenai Water System	25.1	Watch	6K	3

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 25 community drinking-water systems in Alaska, covering compliance conditions, capital needs, revenue and rate pressure, and governance risk. Use this page to research which systems face the highest structural stress and how Alaska compares nationally.

Which water systems in Alaska face the most infrastructure stress?: The highest-stress systems in Alaska are ranked by MISI score above. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk—not a single compliance event. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.
How does Alaska compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Alaska is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. The state comparison table above shows where Alaska ranks nationally and how its average score compares.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Alaska water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
What compliance signals are active in Alaska?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, data staleness, and financial stress indicators across Alaska systems. The signal frequency table above summarizes which signals are most prevalent statewide.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Alaska?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions—compliance posture, infrastructure stress, and governance risk—that provide broader context around system reliability.

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Water Infrastructure in Alaska

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 25 community drinking-water systems in Alaska. Each system receives a Munimetric Infrastructure Stress Index (MISI) score from 0 to 100, calculated across five risk families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. Higher scores indicate more structural stress. Scores are source-backed and deterministic, drawing from EPA SDWA compliance records, American Community Survey demographic and economic data, FEMA National Risk Index hazard profiles, and state financial disclosures.

State-level monitoring shows which systems face the highest structural stress, how Alaska compares against other states nationally, and which monitoring signals are most active across the state. Each individual system profile includes compliance history, score family drivers, peer rankings within population-based cohorts where safeguards pass, and public source context. Full provenance cards and source workbench views remain workflow-gated. Munimetric covers community water systems across all 50 states and territories. This is structural risk research—not a water quality rating, advisory feed, or credit rating. Updated May 2026.

The statewide public-record layer adds drinking-water violation categories, PFAS monitoring summaries where stored, lead and copper context, source-water mix, and official record links across covered systems. These records help explain water-system context alongside infrastructure stress without turning Munimetric into a tap-water safety determination.

What is the Munimetric score for Alaska?: Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Alaska. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.
Which water systems in Alaska face the most infrastructure stress?: The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Alaska by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.
How does Alaska compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Alaska is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Alaska water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Alaska water systems?: Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.
What compliance signals are active in Alaska?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Alaska water systems.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Alaska?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.