Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative (ARUC)
The Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative (ARUC) is a statewide program that partners with communities to manage, operate and maintain water/sewer systems in rural Alaska. There are two types of memberships within the ARUC statewide program—the Assisted Billing Program and the full ARUC membership program.
Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative (ARUC)
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Community Manager Contact List
ARUC Advisory Committee
The ARUC Advisory Committee serves as the liaison between ARUC and the participating communities, and provides advice and recommendations to ANTHC and to participating communities. The functions of the Advisory Committee are to: promote functional, safe and well-maintained sanitation facilities for participating communities; promote greater community and regional involvement in ARUC programs and activities; promote fair and equitable representation of utility customers; support development of comprehensive plans to assist participating communities in assuming responsibility of sustainable utility operation and annual generation of revenue to cover necessary community expenses; annually review and set financial, rate and policy recommendations for ARUC’s budget and individual budgets for participating communities based on the level of service provided; facilitate communications between the ARUC and participating communities; and promote sustainability and community and customer involvement in ARUC communities.
ARUC Membership
Many communities subsidize their water/sewer system from a community general fund. ARUC works with community partners to set self-supporting water/sewer rates and consistently bill local water and sewer customers, so the community no longer needs to subsidize from their general fund.In addition to billing services and collection, the full ARUC Membership provides management and operations of the water/sewer system. ARUC assists partner communities with hiring local water plant operators (and backup operators).
ARUC member communities
- Ambler
- Chevak
- Chignik Lake
- Deering
- Golovin
- Goodnews Bay
- Holy Cross
- Hooper Bay
- Kiana
- Kobuk
- Kotlik
- Lower Kalskag
- New Stuyahok
- Newhalen
- Noorvik
- Pitka’s Point
- Quinhagak
- Russian Mission
- St. Michael
- Savoonga
- Scammon Bay
- Shungnak
- Sleetmute
- South Naknek
- Toksook Bay
- Tyonek
- Upper Kalskag
Meet the Team
Resources
- Community Spreadsheet – ARUC Manager List
- Commercial Water and Wastewater Service Agreement
- Customer Labor/Parts Request Form
- Metered Commercial Water and Wastewater Service Agreement
- Residential Utility Service Agreement
- ARUC Credit Card Auto Payment Form
- Service Change Form Account Closure
- Frequently Asked Questions – Billing
- Frequently Asked Questions – Homeowner Responsibilities
Publications
- ARUC 1-Pager
- Assisted Billing 1-Pager
- ARUC Brochure
- 2013 ARUC report
- 2014 ARUC Report on Activities
- 2015 ARUC Report on Activities
- 2016 Operator Recognition Calendar
- 2016 ARUC Report on Activities
- 2017 ARUC Report on Activities
- 2018 ARUC Report on Activities
- 2019-2020 ARUC Report on Activities
- 2021 ARUC Report on Activities
- 2022 ARUC Report on Activities
- 2023 ARUC Report on Activities
News
- Pipes, plumbing, and public relations: The life of an Alaska water plant operator: When the toilets stop flushing, the neighbors start calling. Meet the man who keeps things flowing in this St. Lawrence Island community
- ARUC continues developing innovative solutions to prevent frozen water lines for Arctic communities
- Russian Mission creates mural with Water is Life project to celebrate Tribal water management
- Goodnews Bay gets new sanitation system
- Exploring Alaska: Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative (ARUC)
- The Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative PSA
- Alaska Dispatch: Deering residents collaborate with artist to capture the impact of water on daily life
- Community profile: Chevak promotes healthy, sustainable water utilities through partnership with ARUC
- ARUC Google Arts & Culture Story
- ANTHC announcement of ARUC’s 2016 Honoring Nations award
- 2023 All-Stars Awards in American Indian Tribal Governance Honors Nine Programs