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

Utility	Location	People Served
Alabaster Water Board	Alabaster, AL	38,361
Albertville Utilities Board	Albertville, AL	29,991
Alexander City Water Department	Alex City, AL	27,000
Andalusia	Andalusia, AL	28,314
Anniston Water and Sewer Board	Anniston, AL	56,700
Arab Water Works Board	Arab, AL	34,800
Athens Utilities	Athens, AL	27,534
Auburn Water Works	Alabaster, AL	60,003
Bessemer Water Service	Bessemer, AL	81,759
Birmingham Water Works Board	Birmingham, AL	591,243
Blount County Water	Cleveland, AL	17,139
Boaz Water and Sewer Board	Boaz, AL	29,196
Butler County Water Authority	Greenville, AL	13,395
Calera Water Works	Calera, AL	21,600
Calhoun County Water and Fire Protection Authority	Alexandria, AL	30,810
Carrolls Creek Water Authority	Northport, AL	13,443
Central Elmore Water Authority	Wetumpka, AL	32,877
Cherokee County Water Authority	Centre, AL	10,740
Citizens Water Service, Inc.	Vance, AL	10,950
City of Cullman Water Works	Cullman, AL	31,080
City of Talladega Water and Sewer Board	Talladega, AL	19,284
Clanton Water Department	Clanton, AL	13,500
Colbert County Rural Water System	Tuscumbia, AL	10,731
Columbiana Water Works	Columbiana, AL	10,881
Covington County Water Authority	Andalusia, AL	13,089
Cullman County Water Department	Cullman, AL	47,658
Curry Water Authority	Jasper, AL	17,160
Daphne	Daphne, AL	25,968
Decatur	Decatur, AL	77,100
Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District	Ider, AL	14,937

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.

Utility	Location	People Served	Violation Points
Wedowee Water, Sewer, and Gas Board	Wedowee, AL	6,825	18
Star-mindingall Water Authority	Tuskegee, AL	2,016	15
Lineville Water Works Board	Lineville, AL	3,126	5
Cwm Water Authority	Dickinson, AL	1,722	5
Waldo Water System	Talladega, AL	870	4
North Baldwin Utilities	Bay Minette, AL	15,795	2
Triana Water Works	Triana, AL	1,002	1
Ray Community Water and Fire Pro Authority	Alexander City, AL	1,296	1
Fort Payne Water Works Board	Fort Payne, AL	21,363	1
Red Bay Water and Gas Board	Red Bay, AL	6,000	1
Troy Utilities	Troy, AL	19,665	1
Marion County Public Water Authority	Hamilton, AL	2,880	1
White Hall Water System	Lowndesboro, AL	2,250	1
Tuscumbia Water Works	Tuscumbia, AL	13,338	1
Satsuma Water Works	Satsuma, AL	6,078	1
Jasper Water Works and Sewer Board	Jasper, AL	29,700	1
Silverhill Water System, Town of	Silverhill, AL	1,572	1
Friendship Water Works	Tallassee, AL	3,723	1
Bridgeport Utilities Board	Bridgeport, AL	6,000	1
Millerville Water and Fire Pro Authority	Millerville, AL	1,500	1
Daviston Water System, Town of	Daviston, AL	630	1
Goodwater Water Works and Sewer Bd, City of	Goodwater, AL	2,640	1
Highland Water Authority	Gadsden, AL	5,271	1
Pilgrim-providence Water Authority	Ramer, AL	576	1
Hamden Ridge Water Authority	Evergreen, AL	2,028	1
Hollins Water Authority	Hollins, AL	1,302	1
Chisholm Heights Water and F P Authority	Florence, AL	4,302	1
Northwest St. Clair Water System	Springville, AL	2,706	1
Leighton (wsb of The, Town of)	Leighton, AL	1,206	1

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

Utility	Location	People Served	Violation Points
North Baldwin Utilities	Bay Minette, AL	15,795	2
Fort Payne Water Works Board	Fort Payne, AL	21,363	1
Jasper Water Works and Sewer Board	Jasper, AL	29,700	1
Troy Utilities	Troy, AL	19,665	1
Tuscumbia Water Works	Tuscumbia, AL	13,338	1

Contaminants found in Alabama above health guidelines

	Found above health guidelines			Found
Contaminant	# of Utilities	People Served		# of Utilities	People Served
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)		449	5,301,091			468	5,448,371
Chromium (hexavalent)		283	4,694,308			309	4,941,615
Chloroform		240	4,161,813			256	4,271,739
Bromodichloromethane		241	4,137,150			241	4,137,150
Dibromochloromethane		218	3,506,287			218	3,506,287
Radium-228		323	3,198,091			323	3,198,091
Radium-226		113	2,167,560			113	2,167,560
Chlorite		101	1,827,035			101	1,827,035
Chlorate		100	1,366,835			230	4,144,789
Bromoform		58	549,514			64	627,972
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)		37	442,443			37	442,443
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA)		37	438,681			39	458,256
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)		33	364,995			33	364,995
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)		16	350,093			16	350,093
1,4-Dioxane		14	155,142			117	2,399,190
Arsenic		14	134,200			14	134,200
Dichloroacetic acid		8	92,964			8	92,964
Trichloroacetic acid		8	92,964			8	92,964
Perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS)		9	89,724			9	89,724
1,2,3-Trichloropropane		6	83,444			6	83,444
Aluminum		9	41,529			118	2,323,964
Radon		4	38,685			4	38,685
Trichloroethylene		3	37,983			6	70,617
Chloromethane		2	32,235			34	359,480
Atrazine		1	27,534			1	27,534
Carbon tetrachloride		2	15,675			2	15,675
Manganese		3	14,400			91	1,523,753
Strontium		2	12,003			316	4,990,011
Nitrate and nitrite		2	8,331			275	4,269,595

Contaminants found in Alabama above legal limits

Contaminant	# of Utilities	People Served

Alabama

515 Utilities

Serving: 5,602,000

Data available: 2010-2015

Contaminants Found: 82

Large utilities in Alabama

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

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

Contaminants found in Alabama above health guidelines

Contaminants found in Alabama above legal limits