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.

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
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
Demopolis Water Works and Sewer Board	Demopolis, AL	12,453

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
Cwm Water Authority	Dickinson, AL	1,722	31
Wedowee Water, Sewer, and Gas Board	Wedowee, AL	6,825	24
US Army Aviation and Missile Command	Redstone Arsenal, AL	28,500	23
Tuskegee Utilities Board	Tuskegee, AL	13,500	21
Vernon Water and Sewer Board	Vernon, AL	3,654	20
Limestone County Water System	Athens, AL	58,500	15
Waldo Water System	Talladega, AL	870	15
Butler County Water Authority	Greenville, AL	13,395	15
City of Talladega Water and Sewer Board	Talladega, AL	19,284	13
Woodland Water Board	Woodland, AL	1,320	12
Friendship Water Works	Tallassee, AL	3,723	11
Troy Utilities	Troy, AL	19,665	10
Sweetwater Water and Sewer Board	Sweet Water, AL	495	10
Autaugaville Water System	Auturgaville, AL	2,088	8
Akron Water System	Akron, AL	570	7
Eutaw Water Department	Eutaw, AL	4,170	6
Dothan Utilities	Dothan, AL	90,069	6
Auburn Water Works	Alabaster, AL	60,003	6
Dadeville, Water Works and Sewage Board	Dadeville, AL	3,744	6
Elkmont Water Works	Elkmont, AL	795	5
Wetumpka Water Works and Sewer Board	Wetumpka, AL	9,684	5
Faunsdale Water Works	Faunsdale, AL	497	5
Deer Park-Vinegar Bend Water and Fire Protection Authority	Chatom, AL	1,377	5
Red Level Water Works	Red Level, AL	846	5
Prattville	Prattville, AL	39,603	5
Excel Water System	Excel, AL	3,489	5
Lake Mitchell Water, Incorporated	Daphne, AL	300	4
Twin Water Authority	Guin, AL	804	4
Lanett Water Works	Lanett, AL	8,076	4
Marion County Public Water Authority	Hamilton, AL	2,880	4

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 in Alabama

Utility	Location	People Served	Violation Points
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
Leeds Water Board	Leeds, AL	17,355	2
Demopolis Water Works and Sewer Board	Demopolis, AL	12,453	2
Ft Mitchell Water System	Ft Mitchell, AL	12,705	1
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

Contaminants found in Alabama above health guidelines

	Found above health guidelines			Found
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
Trichloroacetic acid		3	29,745			3	29,745
Dichloroacetic 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
Radium, combined (-226 & -228)		1	4,323

Alabama

512 Utilities

Serving: 5,576,000

Data available: 2012-2017

Contaminants Found: 94

Large utilities in Alabama

Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 in Alabama

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 in Alabama

Contaminants found in Alabama above health guidelines

Contaminants found in Alabama above legal limits