Eight Alaska Drinking Water Systems Violate EPA Standards

Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel

The Environmental Protection Agency requires communities that use chlorine to clean their drinking water to do quarterly tests for disinfection byproducts. Eight Alaskan drinking water systems are out of compliance with these tests. Six of the systems are in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

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