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Alabama

  • 515 Utilities

  • Serving: 5,602,000

  • Data available: 2010-2015

  • Contaminants Found: 82

 

EWG's drinking water quality report for Alabama shows results of tests conducted by the water utilities in Alabama and provided to EWG by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

LARGE UTILITIES
ALL UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS
LARGE UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS

Below are utilities in Alabama serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically. Click the "more" button below to get the full list of utilities serving over 10,000 people.

Large utilities in Alabama

UtilityLocationPeople
Served
Alabaster Water BoardAlabaster, AL38,361
Albertville Utilities BoardAlbertville, AL29,991
Alexander City Water DepartmentAlex City, AL27,000
AndalusiaAndalusia, AL28,314
Anniston Water and Sewer BoardAnniston, AL56,700
Arab Water Works BoardArab, AL34,800
Athens UtilitiesAthens, AL27,534
Auburn Water WorksAlabaster, AL60,003
Bessemer Water ServiceBessemer, AL81,759
Birmingham Water Works BoardBirmingham, AL591,243
Blount County WaterCleveland, AL17,139
Boaz Water and Sewer BoardBoaz, AL29,196
Butler County Water AuthorityGreenville, AL13,395
Calera Water WorksCalera, AL21,600
Calhoun County Water and Fire Protection AuthorityAlexandria, AL30,810
Carrolls Creek Water AuthorityNorthport, AL13,443
Central Elmore Water AuthorityWetumpka, AL32,877
Cherokee County Water AuthorityCentre, AL10,740
Citizens Water Service, Inc.Vance, AL10,950
City of Cullman Water WorksCullman, AL31,080
City of Talladega Water and Sewer BoardTalladega, AL19,284
Clanton Water DepartmentClanton, AL13,500
Colbert County Rural Water SystemTuscumbia, AL10,731
Columbiana Water WorksColumbiana, AL10,881
Covington County Water AuthorityAndalusia, AL13,089
Cullman County Water DepartmentCullman, AL47,658
Curry Water AuthorityJasper, AL17,160
DaphneDaphne, AL25,968
DecaturDecatur, AL77,100
Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply DistrictIder, AL14,937
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Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of October 2014 to September 2017 in Alabama

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served		Violation
Points
Wedowee Water, Sewer, and Gas BoardWedowee, AL6,82518
Star-mindingall Water AuthorityTuskegee, AL2,01615
Lineville Water Works BoardLineville, AL3,1265
Cwm Water AuthorityDickinson, AL1,7225
Waldo Water SystemTalladega, AL8704
North Baldwin UtilitiesBay Minette, AL15,7952
Fort Payne Water Works BoardFort Payne, AL21,3631
Triana Water WorksTriana, AL1,0021
Ray Community Water and Fire Pro AuthorityAlexander City, AL1,2961
Red Bay Water and Gas BoardRed Bay, AL6,0001
Troy UtilitiesTroy, AL19,6651
Marion County Public Water AuthorityHamilton, AL2,8801
White Hall Water SystemLowndesboro, AL2,2501
Tuscumbia Water WorksTuscumbia, AL13,3381
Friendship Water WorksTallassee, AL3,7231
Satsuma Water WorksSatsuma, AL6,0781
Jasper Water Works and Sewer BoardJasper, AL29,7001
Silverhill Water System, Town ofSilverhill, AL1,5721
Bridgeport Utilities BoardBridgeport, AL6,0001
Millerville Water and Fire Pro AuthorityMillerville, AL1,5001
Goodwater Water Works and Sewer Bd, City ofGoodwater, AL2,6401
Daviston Water System, Town ofDaviston, AL6301
Highland Water AuthorityGadsden, AL5,2711
Pilgrim-providence Water AuthorityRamer, AL5761
Hamden Ridge Water AuthorityEvergreen, AL2,0281
Hollins Water AuthorityHollins, AL1,3021
Chisholm Heights Water and F P AuthorityFlorence, AL4,3021
Northwest St. Clair Water SystemSpringville, AL2,7061
Leighton (wsb of The, Town of)Leighton, AL1,2061

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of October 2014 to September 2017 in Alabama

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served		Violation
Points
North Baldwin UtilitiesBay Minette, AL15,7952
Jasper Water Works and Sewer BoardJasper, AL29,7001
Troy UtilitiesTroy, AL19,6651
Tuscumbia Water WorksTuscumbia, AL13,3381
Fort Payne Water Works BoardFort Payne, AL21,3631

Contaminants found in Alabama above health guidelines

Found above health guidelinesFound
Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)		4485,291,1764675,438,456

Chromium (hexavalent)		2834,694,3083094,941,615

Bromodichloromethane		2233,932,7302414,137,150

Chloroform		1973,514,8122564,271,739

Radium-228		3323,252,8713323,252,871

Dibromochloromethane		1612,546,8512183,506,287

Radium-226		1132,167,5601132,167,560

Chlorite		1011,827,0351011,827,035

Chlorate		1001,366,8352304,144,789

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)		37442,44337442,443

Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA)		37438,68139458,256

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)		33364,99533364,995

Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)		16350,09316350,093

1,4-Dioxane		14155,1421172,399,190

Arsenic		14134,20014134,200

Dichloroacetic acid		892,964892,964

Trichloroacetic acid		892,964892,964

Perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS)		989,724989,724

1,2,3-Trichloropropane		683,444683,444

Aluminum		941,5291182,323,964

Radon		438,685438,685

Trichloroethylene		337,983670,617

Chloromethane		232,23534359,480

Bromoform		831,79164627,972

Atrazine		127,534127,534

Carbon tetrachloride		215,675215,675

Manganese		314,400911,523,753

Strontium		212,0033164,990,011

Nitrate and nitrite		28,3312754,269,595

Contaminants found in Alabama above legal limits

Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served