Alabama
509 Utilities
Serving: 5,931,000
Data available: 2014-2019
Contaminants Found: 111
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 2019 to March 2021 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 2019 to March 2021 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District | Ider, AL | 15,531 | 30 |
| Prichard Water Works Board | Prichard, AL | 32,400 | 2 |
| Enterprise Water Works | Enterprise, AL | 48,000 | 2 |
| Beauregard Water Authority | Opelika, AL | 11,178 | 1 |
| Saraland Water Service | Saraland, AL | 13,827 | 1 |
| Blount County Water | Cleveland, AL | 17,400 | 1 |
| Oneonta Utilities Board | Oneonta, AL | 19,737 | 1 |
| Leeds Water Board | Leeds, AL | 21,300 | 1 |
| Jasper Water Works and Sewer Board | Jasper, AL | 28,638 | 1 |
| Harvest-Monrovia Water System | Prospect, AL | 51,912 | 1 |
| Dothan Utilities | Dothan, AL | 93,459 | 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) | 485 | 5,845,126 | 487 | 5,862,781 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 470 | 5,634,244 | 471 | 5,667,616 | |||
Bromodichloromethane | 320 | 5,008,974 | 311 | 4,945,891 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA9) | 239 | 4,760,460 | 245 | 4,964,719 | |||
Chromium (hexavalent) | 226 | 4,691,164 | 233 | 4,861,735 | |||
Nitrate | 352 | 4,690,879 | 444 | 5,421,636 | |||
Chloroform | 276 | 4,586,360 | 327 | 5,063,536 | |||
Nitrate and nitrite | 342 | 4,582,687 | 399 | 5,212,871 | |||
Dibromochloromethane | 265 | 4,459,565 | 274 | 4,676,345 | |||
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 259 | 3,437,743 | 261 | 3,483,069 | |||
Chlorite | 105 | 1,848,243 | 90 | 1,721,580 | |||
Chlorate | 86 | 1,345,278 | 178 | 4,139,522 | |||
Arsenic | 37 | 789,930 | 35 | 788,130 | |||
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 27 | 368,907 | 27 | 368,907 | |||
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA) | 26 | 352,056 | 28 | 371,811 | |||
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) | 22 | 299,280 | 22 | 299,280 | |||
Bromoform | 38 | 243,634 | 85 | 970,494 | |||
1,4-Dioxane | 11 | 120,954 | 88 | 2,352,103 | |||
Trichloroethylene | 4 | 89,243 | 12 | 257,067 | |||
1,2,3-Trichloropropane | 4 | 84,860 | 4 | 84,860 | |||
Thallium | 12 | 82,431 | 15 | 104,341 | |||
Perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) | 6 | 66,153 | 6 | 66,153 | |||
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | 4 | 50,676 | 7 | 158,487 | |||
Trichloroacetic acid | 4 | 38,007 | 4 | 38,007 | |||
Dichloroacetic acid | 4 | 38,007 | 4 | 38,007 | |||
Atrazine | 2 | 28,395 | 4 | 42,846 | |||
Dibromoacetic acid | 1 | 18,000 | 1 | 18,000 | |||
Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 16,632 | 1 | 16,632 | |||
Manganese | 5 | 15,207 | 362 | 5,334,963 | |||
Ethylene dibromide | 2 | 11,091 | 2 | 11,091 | |||
1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 4,764 | 7 | 70,692 | |||
Aluminum | 1 | 3,393 | 203 | 3,546,895 | |||
Chloromethane | 1 | 3,120 | 21 | 789,627 | |||
Antimony | 2 | 1,356 | 28 | 294,258 | |||
Contaminants found in Alabama above legal limits
| Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 1 | 12,510 |