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Alabama Water Systems

543 community water systems in Alabama, ranked by violation count. Data from EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS).

Water Systems
543
Total Violations
485
Health Violations
91 systems
Population Served
6,126,368

Alabama operates 543 community water systems regulated by the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Together these utilities serve an estimated 6,126,368 residents, each filing compliance results with the state's primacy agency and, for federally listed contaminants, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Across the state, SDWIS records contain 485 total violations, of which 91 systems carry at least one active health-based violation, a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) exceedance or treatment-technique failure. That represents roughly 17% of Alabama systems.

Violation counts reflect both infrastructure realities and reporting diligence, a state with more small rural systems will accumulate more monitoring-type violations without necessarily delivering worse water. Health-based violations are the stronger safety signal. A past violation does not itself indicate current unsafe water; utilities must notify customers, remediate, and publish an annual Consumer Confidence Report. All numbers below draw directly from the federal SDWIS record.

Which water systems have violations? (87)

# System Name Violations Health
1 CWM WATER AUTHORITY Dickinson 58 Yes
2 DEKALB-JACKSON WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT Ider 40 Yes
3 MARION COUNTY PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY Hamilton 22 Yes
4 DOUBLE SPRINGS, TOWN OF W&S BOARD Double Springs 21 Yes
5 SWEET WATER, THE WW & SB OF THE TOWN OF Sweetwater 20 Yes
6 GILBERTOWN, UTILITIES BOARD OF TOWN OF Gilbertown 18 Yes
7 PRICHARD WATER WORKS BOARD Prichard 15 Yes
8 OLDE MILL TRACE S/D Birmingham 15 Yes
9 ELBA (WW&EB OF THE CITY OF) Elba 14 Yes
10 GLEN ALLEN WATER SYSTEM Glen Allen 11 Yes
11 PERDIDO BAY WATER, SEWER & FPD Elberta 10 Yes
12 JACKSON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY Scottsboro 10 Yes
13 WILCOX COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT Camden 10 Yes
14 NORTH CLARKE WATER AUTHORITY Thomasville 10 Yes
15 US ARMY GARRISON-REDSTONE ARSENAL Redstone Arsenal 8 Yes
16 TUSKEGEE, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF Tuskegee 8 Yes
17 VERNON WATER AND SEWER BOARD Vernon 8 Yes
18 THOMASVILLE WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD Thomasville 8 Yes
19 BUTLER WATER SYSTEM Butler 8 Yes
20 MID-CENTRAL WATER AUTHORITY Fulton 8 Yes
21 CURRY WATER AUTHORITY Jasper 7 Yes
22 LYNN WATER WORKS Lynn 7 Yes
23 TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER Tuscaloosa 6 Yes
24 STAR-MINDINGALL WATER AUTHORITY Tuskegee 5 Yes
25 MOBILE, BD. OF W&S COMM. OF THE CITY OF Mobile 4 Yes
26 WARRIOR RIVER WATER AUTHORITY Bessemer 4 Yes
27 OXFORD WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD Oxford 4 Yes
28 BLOUNT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY Cleveland 4 Yes
29 BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY Greenville 4 Yes
30 EXCEL, TOWN OF Excel 4 Yes
31 THORSBY WATER WORKS BOARD Thorsby 4 Yes
32 WOODLAND WATER BOARD Woodland 4 Yes
33 MT ANDREW WATER AUTHORITY Midway 4 Yes
34 SHEFFIELD UTITLIES, CITY OF SHEFFIELD DB Sheffield 3 Yes
35 WINFIELD WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD Winfield 3 Yes
36 WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY Attalla 3 Yes
37 SOUTH CRENSHAW COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY Brantley 3 Yes
38 BOLDO WATER & FIRE PROT. AUTHORITY Jasper 3 Yes
39 LINEVILLE WATER WORKS BOARD Lineville 3 Yes
40 UNION GROVE UTILITY BOARD Union Grove 3 Yes
41 MILLERVILLE WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY Millerville 3 Yes
42 LAGRANGE MOUNTAIN WATER AUTHORITY Leighton 3 Yes
43 RIVER FALLS, TOWN OF River Falls 3 Yes
44 CHOCTAW-EDNA WATER AUTHORITY, INC. Pennington 3 Yes
45 BREWTON WATER WORKS Brewton 2 Yes
46 WETUMPKA, THE WW & SB OF THE CITY OF Wetumpka 2 Yes
47 DALEVILLE, THE WWSB OF THE CITY OF Daleville 2 Yes
48 MACON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY Tuskegee 2 Yes
49 EUTAW WATER DEPARTMENT Eutaw 2 Yes
50 WEST BLOCTON, TOWN OF West Blocton 2 Yes
51 LAFAYETTE WATER WORKS Lafayette 2 Yes
52 DADEVILLE WATER WORKS & SEWAGE BOARD Dadeville 2 Yes
53 GEORGIANA, THE WW&SB OF THE CITY OF Georgiana 2 Yes
54 COFFEEVILLE WATER WORKS, TOWN OF Coffeeville 2 Yes
55 CLAYTON WATER WORKS & SEWER Clayton 2 Yes
56 CHEROKEE WATER & GAS DEPARTMENT Cherokee 2 Yes
57 BRILLIANT, THE UB OF THE TOWN Brilliant 2 Yes
58 RIVERVIEW WATER WORKS East Brewton 2 Yes
59 OPELIKA, WW BD. OF THE CITY OF Opelika 1 Yes
60 MOBILE COUNTY WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY Theodore 1 Yes
61 RUSSELL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY Phenix City 1 Yes
62 COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM Tuscumbia 1 Yes
63 HOLTVILLE WATER SYSTEM Deatsville 1 Yes
64 BEULAH UTILITIES DISTRICT Valley 1 Yes
65 MONTEVALLO WATER WORKS & SEWER Montevallo 1 Yes
66 ARLEY, TOWN OF Arley 1 Yes
67 CENTRE WATER & SEWER BOARD Centre 1 Yes
68 SNEAD WATER WORKS, TOWN OF Snead 1 Yes
69 CHISHOLM HEIGHTS WATER & F P AUTHORITY Florence 1 Yes
70 STEVENSON, UTIL. BOARD OF THE TOWN OF Stevenson 1 Yes
71 BRUNDIDGE WATER DEPARTMENT Brundige 1 Yes
72 COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS Cottonwood 1 Yes
73 GOODWATER WTR WORKS & SEWER BD, CITY OF Goodwater 1 Yes
74 HACKLEBURG WATER & SEWER BOARD Hackleburg 1 Yes
75 FORT DEPOSIT WATER & SEWER BOARD Fort Deposit 1 Yes
76 KELLYTON WATER SYSTEM Kellyton 1 Yes
77 MT. VERNON, TOWN OF Mt. Vernon 1 Yes
78 STEELE WATER WORKS BOARD Steele 1 Yes
79 LEROY WATER AUTHORITY Leroy 1 Yes
80 ARITON WATER WORKS BOARD (TOWN OF) Ariton 1 Yes
81 RAY WATER AUTHORITY Alexander City 1 Yes
82 LEIGHTON, WSB OF THE TOWN OF Leighton 1 Yes
83 WADLEY UTILITIES BOARD Wadley 1 Yes
84 WATER WORKS, INC. Bessemer 1 Yes
85 REPTON WATER WORKS Repton 1 Yes
86 KANSAS WATER SYSTEM Kansas 1 Yes
87 POLLARD (TOWN OF) Pollard 1 Yes

Systems with No Violations (413)

413 water systems in Alabama have zero recorded violations. Showing the 50 largest by population served.

CENTRAL ALABAMA WATER SYSTEM (585,000) MONTGOMERY (WW&SSB OF THE CITY OF) (276,000) HUNTSVILLE UTILITIES (262,158) MADISON COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT (119,100) DOTHAN UTILITIES, CITY OF (97,146) BESSEMER WATER SERVICE (86,091) FLORENCE, WATER DEPARTMENT, CITY OF (77,766) DECATUR, MUNICIPAL UTILITIES BOARD OF (77,103) AUBURN WATER WORKS (65,313) LIMESTONE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER AUTH. (65,003) FAIRHOPE, CITY OF (59,484) ANNISTON ALABAMA, THE WWSB OF THE CITY O (56,646) CULLMAN COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT (55,974) MADISON, THE W & WW BOARD OF THE CITY OF (54,114) FOLEY, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF (50,919) ENTERPRISE WATER WORKS (48,000) NORTHEAST ALABAMA WATER, SEWER, AND FPD (47,070) PRATTVILLE, THE WW BOARD OF THE CITY OF (46,614) GADSDEN, THE WWSB OF THE CITY OF (44,637) PHENIX CITY UTILITIES (42,267) ALABASTER WATER BOARD (41,061) ATHENS, THE WATERWORKS BD OF THE CITY OF (40,596) NORTHPORT WATER WORKS (CITY OF) (40,551) SHELBY COUNTY COMMISSION-WATER SERVICES (40,101) CENTRAL ELMORE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (39,798) SOUTH ALABAMA UTILITIES WATER SYSTEM (39,249) PELHAM WATER WORKS (38,703) GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE CITY OF (36,798) TRUSSVILLE UTILITIES (36,300) CULLMAN, CITY OF (35,496) SECTION (WWB OF THE TOWN OF) (35,259) ARAB, WATER WORKS BOARD OF THE CITY OF (34,800) DAPHNE, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF (33,372) CALHOUN COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (32,796) SMITHS WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY (31,695) WEST MORGAN-EAST LAWRENCE W&S AUTHORITY (30,000) ALEXANDER CITY WATER DEPARTMENT (29,565) ALBERTVILLE, MUNICIPAL UB OF THE CITY OF (29,367) NORTH BALDWIN UTILITIES (28,713) JASPER WATER WORKS AND SEWER BOARD (28,638) CHILTON WATER AUTHORITY (27,681) CALERA WATER WORKS (26,982) ODENVILLE, THE UTIL BOARD OF THE TOWN OF (26,022) NE MORGAN CO WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY (25,854) FORT PAYNE, THE WW BD OF THE CITY OF (25,107) SYLACAUGA UTILITIES BOARD (24,087) TROY UTILITIES, CITY OF (23,523) MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD (22,467) HARTSELLE UTILITY BOARD (22,233) SCOTTSBORO WATER WORKS (22,200) +363 more

All Water Systems in Alabama (543)

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System Population Served Violations
ODENVILLE, THE UTIL BOARD OF THE TOWN OF 26,022 0
NE MORGAN CO WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 25,854 0
FORT PAYNE, THE WW BD OF THE CITY OF 25,107 0
SYLACAUGA UTILITIES BOARD 24,087 0
TROY UTILITIES, CITY OF 23,523 0
MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD 22,467 0
HARTSELLE UTILITY BOARD 22,233 0
SCOTTSBORO WATER WORKS 22,200 0
SELMA, THE WW AND SB OF THE CITY OF 21,834 0
LEEDS WATER WORKS BOARD 21,300 0
HELENA, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF 21,300 0
TALLADEGA WATER AND SEWER BOARD, CITY OF 20,250 0
ONEONTA (UB OF THE CITY OF) 19,971 0
OZARK UTILITIES BOARD 19,965 0
BLOUNT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY 19,074 4
CURRY WATER AUTHORITY 18,060 7
EUFAULA WATER WORKS 17,970 0
ORANGE BEACH WATER, SEWER AND F.P.A. 17,796 0
PELL CITY, CITY OF 17,586 0
EAST ALABAMA WATER & FIRE PRO DISTRICT 17,532 0
BELFOREST WATER SYSTEM 17,268 0
V.A.W. WATER SYSTEM, INC 17,103 0
RUSSELL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY 16,923 1
FORT RUCKER -AMERICAN WATER ENTERPRISES 16,774 0
RUSSELLVILLE WATER WORKS 16,650 0
DOUGLAS WATER AUTHORITY 16,632 0
CARROLLS CREEK WATER AUTHORITY 16,248 0
WEST LAWRENCE WATER COOP 15,735 0
WEST LAUDERDALE CO WATER & FPA 15,681 0
DEKALB-JACKSON WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT 15,531 40
NORTH MARSHALL UTILITIES 15,300 0
ANDALUSIA, UTILITIES BOARD OF 15,252 0
CITIZENS WATER SERVICE, INC. 15,096 0
BOAZ WATER & SEWER BOARD 15,000 0
TUSCUMBIA WATER WORKS 14,400 0
PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY 14,364 0
JACKSONVILLE WATER WORKS, GAS AND SEWER 14,217 0
BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY 14,052 4
LINCOLN, CITY OF 13,923 0
SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS 13,827 0
SHEFFIELD UTITLIES, CITY OF SHEFFIELD DB 13,758 3
ELMORE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY 13,680 0
FT MITCHELL WATER SYSTEM 13,509 0
LOACHAPOKA WATER AUTHORITY 13,503 0
CLANTON WATER DEPARTMENT 13,500 0
COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM 13,395 1
GUNTERSVILLE, THE WWSB OF THE CITY OF 13,374 0
ROBERTSDALE, CITY OF 13,242 0
COVINGTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY 13,224 0
WALNUT HILL WATER AUTHORITY 13,092 0
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many water systems are in Alabama?
Alabama has 543 community water systems tracked by the EPA, serving a combined population of 6,126,368 people.
How many water systems in Alabama have health violations?
91 water systems in Alabama have health-based violations, which include Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) and Treatment Technique (TT) violations. These represent 17% of all systems in the state.
What is the total number of water violations in Alabama?
Alabama water systems have accumulated 485 total violations across all 543 community water systems.

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About This Data

Water system data is from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations include Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) and Treatment Technique (TT) violations that may pose a direct risk to public health. Only community water systems (CWS) are included.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SDWIS Federal Reporting Services U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SDWIS Federal Reporting Services

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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