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Credit Mike Carpenter Three Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities are facing issues with their water systems: Chevak, Pilot Station, and Tuluksak.
On March 8, a third of the community of Chevak lost access to running water and sewer service after a fire damaged aboveground pipes and destroyed the old village school. A spokesperson with the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation said that a YKHC worker is currently in Chevak, working to bypass the damaged area and restore water and sewer access. For now, affected residents are packing water from the treatment plant and hauling honey buckets.
Since Feb. 25, Pilot Station has been under a boil water notice after pressure dropped throughout the water system to below 20 psi. A YKHC spokesperson said that the health corporation cannot fix the issue because it will require reengineering the elevation of the pipes.