Anchorage Municipality, AK

Moderate Risk (42/100)

A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.

Environmental data for Anchorage Municipality in Alaska

Anchorage Municipality, AK is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 8 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 58 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 42/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.

Industrial disclosures inside the county total 215.9K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 26 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.

All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.

TRI Facilities
8
Water Systems
58
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
215.9K lbs

Water Systems (58)

System Population Violations
JBER-ELMENDORF 30,003 0
MANOOGS ISLE MOBILE HOME PARK 935 1
NSBU - POINT HOPE 881 8
GLENCAREN COURT 828 0
RANGEVIEW TC 795 0
VALLI VUE S/D WATER SYSTEM 794 2
MAYFLOWER TC 650 0
KOTLIK WATER SYSTEM 617 38
GOLDEN NUGGET RV PARK, MALASPINA MHP 600 0
NSBU - WAINWRIGHT 600 0
NSBU - NUIQSUT 443 0
NSBU - ANAKTUVUK PASS 350 1
NSBU - KAKTOVIK (BARTER IS) 292 0
NSBU - ATQASUK 284 0
GOODNEWS BAY 250 2
NSBU - POINT LAY 237 0
UTOPIA MEADOWS SD 232 1
AMBER RIDGE/PARK PLACE APARTMENTS 210 0
SNOWSHOE WATER SYSTEM 180 13
FOREST PARK TC 175 7
HILLSIDE PARK S/D 144 5
GLACIER VALLEY WATER COMPANY 120 0
BIRCHWOOD MHP 120 0
G A PHILLIPS S/D 102 0
TRAILS END MHP 100 2
TROLL KNOLL S/D 99 0
QUIET VIEW APTS 96 0
TERRACE ON THE LAKE 96 1
SPRING FOREST HOMEOWNERS ASSN. 94 0
NATIVE VILLAGE OF SLEETMUTE 82 57
DEARMOUN II 80 0
TUDOR EAST APARTMENTS 78 1
EAST 98TH AVENUE WELL HOA 76 0
SKY RANCH ESTATES #1 UPPER WELL 75 0
WALTER G PIPPEL SD 75 0
ALASKA H2O INC 75 2
SKY RANCH ESTATES #2 LOWER WELL 72 0
COUNTRY LANE APARTMENTS 60 0
ALYESKA CHALET CONDOS HOA 60 0
ALYESKA CREEKSIDE APARTMENTS 60 3
LAKE O THE HILLS EAST 56 1
NORTH STAR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM 55 0
HOMESTEAD HILLS 50 0
HOMER DRIVE APTS. 50 7
SWISS AIRE S/D 48 0
PETERS CREEK TERRACE APTS. 48 0
PETERS CREEK MANOR APTS 48 0
MOUNTAIN VIEW APARTMENTS 48 1
INLET VIEW MHP CHUGIAK 47 1
EKLUTNA GATE 45 0
COHOE SUBDIVISION 36 2
MATANUSKA HEIGHTS DUCHESS 36 0
MATTHEWS SUBDIVISION 32 0
BOREALIS ALPHA WATER SYSTEM 30 1
AMBER RIDGE BRENTWOOD #1 28 3
AMBER RIDGE BRENTWOOD #2 28 4
SNOWCREST VIEW SOUTH 25 3
FAA BETHEL WELL 25 2

TRI Facilities (8)

# Facility Total Releases
1 US Dod Usaf Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson 175.1K lbs
2 Tesoro - Anchorage Terminal 24.1K lbs
3 Univar Solutions USA 13.4K lbs
4 Petrostar Inc. - Port of Alaska Terminal 2.2K lbs
5 US Ecology Alaska LLC 1.0K lbs
6 US Ecology Alaska LLC 55 lbs
7 Inlet Energy LLC Anchorage Warehouse 8 lbs
8 Delta Western LLC Anchorage Warehouse 2 lbs

Cities in Anchorage Municipality (2)

Anchorage
Pop: -
7 facilities · 87 water
Jber
Pop: -
1 facilities · 1 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska?
Anchorage Municipality, AK has an environmental risk score of 42/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 8 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 58 water systems on record. 26 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Anchorage Municipality?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Anchorage Municipality, AK in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Anchorage Municipality?
Anchorage Municipality, AK has 8 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 215.9K lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Anchorage Municipality?
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Anchorage Municipality, AK. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit EPA's AirNow.gov.
Is the drinking water safe in Anchorage Municipality?
Anchorage Municipality, AK has 58 EPA-regulated water systems. 26 systems have reported health-based violations (MCL exceedances). A past violation does not necessarily mean water is currently unsafe. For current water quality, contact your local water utility. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental agencies cover Anchorage Municipality?
Environmental compliance in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Alaska state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

What does this county environmental profile show?

This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.

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