UAF switches on new water supply
April 21, 2016
On April 8, UAF Facilities Services turned on the water connection to College Utilities
Corporation and turned off the UAF water treatment plant.
Because the UAF water system includes a 1.5 million gallon water storage tank, it
may take several weeks for the water leaving the tank to transition to all College
Utilities water.
In the past, UAF has exceeded EPA limits for two byproducts of the water purification
process: TTHMs and HAA5. While the College Utilities water is fully in compliance
with EPA regulations, UAF will also continue to test the water on campus each quarter.
Even though the new water supply meets all EPA guidelines, users may still receive
several more notices that campus water has exceeded limits, because those notices
are based on a one-year average, and it will take some time for the average to drop
below the EPA limits.
Anyone with questions about the campus water can contact Facilities Services at 907-474-7000.