Alabama
512 Utilities
Serving: 5,576,000
Data available: 2012-2017
Contaminants Found: 94
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.
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
Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 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.
Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 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 |
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US Army Aviation and Missile Command | Redstone Arsenal, AL | 28,500 | 23 |
Tuskegee Utilities Board | Tuskegee, AL | 13,500 | 21 |
Butler County Water Authority | Greenville, AL | 13,395 | 15 |
Limestone County Water System | Athens, AL | 58,500 | 15 |
City of Talladega Water and Sewer Board | Talladega, AL | 19,284 | 13 |
Troy Utilities | Troy, AL | 19,665 | 10 |
Auburn Water Works | Alabaster, AL | 60,003 | 6 |
Dothan Utilities | Dothan, AL | 90,069 | 6 |
Prattville | Prattville, AL | 39,603 | 5 |
Fort Payne Water Works Board | Fort Payne, AL | 21,363 | 4 |
Tuscaloosa Water & Sewer | Tuscaloosa, AL | 132,936 | 4 |
Demopolis Water Works and Sewer Board | Demopolis, AL | 12,453 | 2 |
Leeds Water Board | Leeds, AL | 17,355 | 2 |
Oneonta Utilities Board | Oneonta, AL | 19,200 | 1 |
Carrolls Creek Water Authority | Northport, AL | 13,443 | 1 |
Russellville Water Works | Russellville, AL | 14,325 | 1 |
Sumter County Water Authority | Livingaton, AL | 10,200 | 1 |
Alexander City Water Department | Alex City, AL | 27,000 | 1 |
Blount County Water | Cleveland, AL | 17,139 | 1 |
Ft Mitchell Water System | Ft Mitchell, AL | 12,705 | 1 |
Contaminants found in Alabama above health guidelines
Found above health guidelines | Found | ||||||
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Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | # of Utilities | People Served | |||
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 489 | 5,484,336 | 491 | 5,520,132 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 468 | 5,360,042 | 471 | 5,392,448 | |||
Bromodichloromethane | 314 | 4,678,087 | 310 | 4,662,859 | |||
Chromium (hexavalent) | 228 | 4,431,498 | 234 | 4,577,695 | |||
Chloroform | 282 | 4,409,463 | 332 | 4,756,622 | |||
Dibromochloromethane | 281 | 4,343,517 | 291 | 4,421,394 | |||
Nitrate | 329 | 3,914,294 | 391 | 4,968,355 | |||
Nitrate and nitrite | 207 | 3,236,924 | 228 | 3,941,546 | |||
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 189 | 3,018,286 | 192 | 3,187,475 | |||
Chlorite | 90 | 1,667,680 | 78 | 1,538,890 | |||
Chlorate | 88 | 1,274,450 | 179 | 3,902,883 | |||
Arsenic | 40 | 459,085 | 38 | 457,285 | |||
Bromoform | 51 | 402,709 | 90 | 777,183 | |||
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 28 | 391,146 | 27 | 383,274 | |||
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA) | 27 | 377,793 | 28 | 389,496 | |||
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) | 23 | 306,528 | 22 | 298,656 | |||
1,4-Dioxane | 12 | 137,715 | 88 | 2,235,243 | |||
Manganese | 10 | 92,132 | 209 | 2,912,417 | |||
1,2,3-Trichloropropane | 6 | 83,444 | 6 | 83,444 | |||
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | 7 | 81,941 | 12 | 327,851 | |||
Trichloroethylene | 4 | 77,034 | 9 | 119,684 | |||
Perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) | 6 | 65,727 | 6 | 65,727 | |||
Atrazine | 2 | 34,695 | 3 | 38,538 | |||
Dichloroacetic acid | 3 | 29,745 | 3 | 29,745 | |||
Trichloroacetic acid | 3 | 29,745 | 3 | 29,745 | |||
Dibromoacetic acid | 1 | 18,000 | 1 | 18,000 | |||
Strontium | 2 | 12,003 | 238 | 4,619,230 | |||
Thallium | 3 | 10,659 | 6 | 263,973 | |||
Barium | 3 | 9,948 | 217 | 3,070,261 | |||
Ethylene dibromide | 1 | 9,500 | 4 | 348,821 | |||
Aluminum | 1 | 8,184 | 142 | 2,894,483 | |||
Simazine | 1 | 7,161 | 2 | 39,270 | |||
Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 4,170 | 1 | 4,170 | |||
Radon | 1 | 3,843 | 1 | 3,843 | |||
Benzene | 1 | 2,880 | 4 | 134,388 | |||
Cadmium | 2 | 2,370 | 2 | 2,370 | |||
Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 2,280 | 4 | 36,657 | |||
Antimony | 2 | 1,356 | 32 | 225,738 |
Contaminants found in Alabama above legal limits
Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | |
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Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 1 | 4,323 |