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Alabama Water Systems

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

Water Systems
546
Health-Based Violation Records
538
Health Violations
94 systems
Population Served
6,324,050

Alabama community water systems are regulated by the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) under the Safe Drinking Water Act; each utility files compliance results with the state's primacy agency and, for federally listed contaminants, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency directly. PlainEnviro's health-based SDWIS extract above counts health-based exceedances only -- monitoring and reporting violations are not present in these figures.

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? (90)

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

Systems with No Violations (410)

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

CENTRAL ALABAMA WATER SYSTEM (585,000) HUNTSVILLE UTILITIES WATER DEPT. (310,107) MONTGOMERY WW&SSB, CITY OF (276,000) MADISON COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT (119,100) DOTHAN UTILITIES, CITY OF (97,146) LIMESTONE COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTH. (90,900) BESSEMER WATER SERVICE (86,091) FLORENCE WATER DEPARTMENT, CITY OF (77,766) DECATUR, MUNICIPAL UB OF (77,103) AUBURN, THE WW BOARD OF THE CITY OF (74,292) FAIRHOPE, CITY OF (59,850) ANNISTON ALABAMA, THE WWSB OF THE CITY O (56,646) CULLMAN COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT (56,628) MADISON, THE W & WW BOARD OF THE CITY OF (54,114) HARVEST-MONROVIA W,S, AND FP, INC. (51,915) FOLEY, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF (50,919) ENTERPRISE, THE WWB OF THE CITY OF (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) ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF (43,431) PHENIX CITY UTILITIES (42,267) ALABASTER WATER DEPARTMENT, CITY OF (40,986) GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE CITY OF (40,947) NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, CITY OF (40,551) SHELBY COUNTY COMMISSION-WATER SERVICES (40,101) CENTRAL ELMORE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (39,798) ARAB, WATER WORKS BOARD OF THE CITY OF (39,795) SOUTH ALABAMA UTILITIES WATER SYSTEM (39,249) PELHAM, CITY OF (38,703) CULLMAN, CITY OF (36,312) TRUSSVILLE, UB OF THE CITY OF (36,300) SECTION & DUTTON, WATER WORKS BD. OF (35,259) SMITHS WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (33,555) DAPHNE, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF (33,372) CALHOUN COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (32,796) ALEXANDER CITY, CITY OF (32,556) WEST MORGAN-EAST LAWRENCE W&S AUTHORITY (30,000) ALBERTVILLE, MUNICIPAL UB OF THE CITY OF (29,367) NORTH BALDWIN UTILITIES (28,713) JASPER WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD (28,638) CHILTON WATER AUTHORITY (27,681) CALERA, THE WWB OF TE CITY OF (26,982) ODENVILLE UTILITIES BOARD (26,022) NE MORGAN CO., WATER & 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, CITY OF (22,233) +360 more

All Water Systems in Alabama (546)

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System Population Served Violations
MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, CITY OF 4,188 0
NEW BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT 4,185 0
CAMDEN WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT 4,170 0
DALLAS COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY 4,152 0
HARTFORD, CITY OF 4,140 0
SAMSON WATER WORKS 4,128 0
ASHVILLE WATER AND SEWER 4,107 0
STEVENSON, UTIL. BOARD OF THE TOWN OF 4,101 1
DADEVILLE WATER AND GAS BOARD 4,101 2
MYRTLEWOOD WATER SYSTEM 4,095 0
DORA UTILITIES 4,083 0
ASBURY WATER SYSTEM 4,077 0
GREENE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 4,062 0
LAFAYETTE (CITY OF) 4,047 2
HAWK PRIDE MT WATER SYSTEM 4,035 0
HIGHLAND WATER AUTHORITY 3,963 0
UNION SPRINGS (UTLTY BD OF THE CITY OF) 3,945 0
COLLINSVILLE WATER WORKS 3,945 0
ABBEVILLE, WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD 3,933 0
LUVERNE, WW&SB OF THE CITY OF 3,903 0
CORDOVA, WATER WORKS & GAS BOARD 3,867 0
RIVERSIDE, CITY OF 3,864 0
FLORALA WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD 3,834 0
LEMOYNE WATER SYSTEM, INC. 3,825 0
LEVEL PLAINS, TOWN OF 3,819 0
ASHFORD WATER WORKS 3,816 0
ROCKFORD UTILITIES BOARD, INC 3,759 0
WEST DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY 3,747 0
COALING WATER AUTHORITY 3,747 0
LOWNDES COUNTY WATER SYSTEM 3,675 0
MARION COUNTY PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY 3,660 22
BUHL ELROD & HOLMAN WATER AUTHORITY 3,648 0
SLOCOMB WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD 3,630 0
GORDO WATER GAS & SEWER BOARD 3,630 0
EXCEL, TOWN OF 3,600 4
UNIONTOWN,THE WW & SB OF THE CITY OF 3,600 0
CENTRAL TALLADEGA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 3,600 0
JOHNSONS CROSSING WATER SYSTEM 3,594 0
THORSBY WATER WORKS BOARD, TOWN OF 3,579 4
LITTLEVILLE WATER WORKS 3,576 0
OAKMAN, TOWN OF 3,576 0
COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS 3,570 1
CLEVELAND WATER WORKS 3,516 0
SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY 3,504 0
NORTH CHOCTAW WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY 3,450 0
YORK WATER SYSTEM, CITY OF 3,435 0
LINEVILLE WATER WORKS BOARD 3,420 3
URIAH WATER SYSTEM 3,420 0
FREEMANVILLE WATER SYSTEM 3,414 0
OWASSA-BROWNSVILLE WATER AUTHORITY 3,300 0
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many water systems are in Alabama?
Alabama has 546 community water systems tracked by the EPA, serving a combined population of 6,324,050 people.
How many water systems in Alabama have health violations?
94 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.
How many health-based violation records are in this extract for Alabama?
PlainEnviro's health-based EPA SDWIS extract contains 538 records joined to 546 active community water systems in Alabama. Monitoring and reporting records are not included.

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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

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