About half of the Southwest Alaska community of Pilot Station is without running water as a historically large tundra fire burns to its north.
Smoke from the East Fork Fire fills the air over the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on June 11, 2022 in Southwest Alaska.
By Monday, the East Fork Fire burned about 12 miles from the village, and the Pilot Station mayor said he may soon have to turn off running water to the entire community of roughly 750 residents.Heckman Sr. said he’s been watching the water level dwindle in the city water storage tank. City workers believe there’s a leak somewhere in the water system, but the community doesn’t have the heavy equipment to find it. The city has begun rationing water.
“If it gets to a point that we’re losing too much water into the ground we need to completely shut off,” said Heckman Sr. The goal is to try to keep enough water in the storage tank to serve each resident’s basic needs. The city would distribute it from a watering point.About half the town lost access to running water about a month ago. That’s the old half of the system built more than four decades ago. The other half was replaced in 1997. The high school is on the older part of the system and does not have running water. That’s been a problem because summer school was still in session through last week.
The nearby village of St. Mary’s also has a leak in its tank that it can’t find, but many of its residents left as the tundra fire has come within approximately 4 miles of the village. It’s the closest community to the fire. Since then, their water level has gone up. Still, the city manager is urging residents to conserve their water. He’s asked them not to soak their homes.
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