Photo: Thester11 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Atqasuk, AK: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Atqasuk comes from the Nsbu - Atqasuk water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 23% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.4 ppb. Power in Atqasuk comes from Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Atqasuk, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Atqasuk.
Power comes from Barrow Utils & Elec Coop
Barrow Utils & Elec Coop (Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Atqasuk.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Nsbu - Atqasuk water system
The Nsbu - Atqasuk water system supplies Atqasuk: about 84% of residents live in its service area. About 16% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 284 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.2 ppb. That’s lower than 56% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AK2320094.
1 home internet providers serve Atqasuk
84% of 89 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative | Fiber | 80% | 1,024/330 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Atqasuk’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Atqasuk.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Atqasuk is in North Slope Borough School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Atqasuk is in ZIP code 99791
ZIP codes where Atqasuk residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Atqasuk | ZIP’s residents in Atqasuk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99791 | Atqasuk, AK | 100% | 100% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Atqasuk
Who supplies Atqasuk’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Nsbu - Atqasuk water system (EPA ID AK2320094). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.4 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Atqasuk?
Barrow Utils & Elec Coop (Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Atqasuk?
Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Atqasuk?
99791. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Atqasuk in?
North Slope Borough School District.
How do I register to vote in Atqasuk?
In Alaska you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Absentee and Petition Office. Check your registration at myvoterportal.alaska.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.