Alabama Tap Water Quality: Is It Safe to Drink?

2026 EPA water quality data for 150 community water systems serving 1,583,416+ people in Alabama. Find your water system to see violations, PFAS results, lead testing, and a safety grade — free.

Alabama draws most of its drinking water from surface reservoirs and rivers across the Tennessee Valley and Mobile Bay watershed. The state has dealt with aging infrastructure in older cities like Birmingham, where lead service line replacement is ongoing. Disinfection byproduct violations are the most common issue reported across Alabama water systems.

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📊 Data from EPA’s SDWIS · 🔄 Updated quarterly · 🏛️ 150+ water systems in Alabama

FAIRHOPE, CITY OF FAIRHOPE, AL · 59,850 people · Groundwater ANNISTON ALABAMA, THE WWSB OF THE CITY O ANNISTON, AL · 56,646 people · Surface Water CULLMAN COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT CULLMAN, AL · 56,628 people · Surface Water Purchased FOLEY, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF FOLEY, AL · 50,919 people · Groundwater ENTERPRISE, THE WWB OF THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE, AL · 48,000 people · Groundwater PRATTVILLE, THE WW BOARD OF THE CITY OF PRATTVILLE, AL · 46,614 people · Surface Water Purchased GADSDEN, THE WWSB OF THE CITY OF GADSDEN, AL · 44,637 people · Surface Water GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE CITY OF GULF SHORES, AL · 40,947 people · Groundwater CENTRAL ELMORE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY WETUMPKA, AL · 39,798 people · Surface Water DAPHNE, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF DAPHNE, AL · 33,372 people · Groundwater CALHOUN COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY ALEXANDRIA, AL · 32,796 people · Surface Water Purchased OXFORD WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD OXFORD, AL · 31,239 people · Surface Water NORTH BALDWIN UTILITIES BAY MINETTE, AL · 28,713 people · Groundwater CHILTON WATER AUTHORITY THORSBY, AL · 27,681 people · Groundwater FORT PAYNE, THE WW BD OF THE CITY OF FORT PAYNE, AL · 25,107 people · Surface Water MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD MUSCLE SHOALS, AL · 22,467 people · Surface Water SELMA, THE WW AND SB OF THE CITY OF SELMA, AL · 21,834 people · Groundwater ONEONTA, UB OF THE CITY OF ONEONTA, AL · 19,971 people · Surface Water OZARK UTILITIES BOARD OZARK, AL · 19,965 people · Groundwater EUFAULA WATER WORKS EUFAULA, AL · 17,970 people · Groundwater ORANGE BEACH WATER SEWER AND F.P.A. ORANGE BEACH, AL · 17,796 people · Groundwater EAST ALABAMA, WATER & FIRE PRO DISTRICT VALLEY, AL · 17,532 people · Surface Water Purchased V.A.W. WATER SYSTEM, INC VINEMONT, AL · 17,466 people · Surface Water Purchased BELFOREST WATER SYSTEM DAPHNE, AL · 17,268 people · Groundwater RUSSELLVILLE WATER WORKS RUSSELLVILLE, AL · 17,100 people · Surface Water ANDALUSIA, UTILITIES BOARD OF ANDALUSIA, AL · 15,251 people · Groundwater TUSCUMBIA WATER WORKS TUSCUMBIA, AL · 14,400 people · Surface Water JACKSONVILLE WATER WORKS GAS AND SEWER JACKSONVILLE, AL · 14,217 people · Surface Water Purchased SHEFFIELD UTILITIES, CITY OF SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD, AL · 13,758 people · Surface Water ELMORE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY ELMORE, AL · 13,680 people · Surface Water Purchased CLANTON, THE WW & SB OF THE CITY OF CLANTON, AL · 13,500 people · Surface Water COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM TUSCUMBIA, AL · 13,395 people · Surface Water EAST CULLMAN WATER SYSTEM CULLMAN, AL · 13,284 people · Surface Water Purchased ROBERTSDALE, CITY OF ROBERTSDALE, AL · 13,242 people · Groundwater COVINGTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY ANDALUSIA, AL · 13,224 people · Groundwater HOLTVILLE WATER SYSTEM DEATSVILLE, AL · 12,600 people · Surface Water Purchased RAINBOW CITY, WWB OF THE TOWN OF RAINBOW CITY, AL · 12,363 people · Groundwater Purchased SOUTHSIDE WATER WORKS AND SEWER BOARD SOUTHSIDE, AL · 12,327 people · Groundwater WEST ESCAMBIA UTILITIES, INC. ATMORE, AL · 12,060 people · Groundwater TRI COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM MILLBROOK, AL · 11,832 people · Surface Water Purchased JACKSON WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD JACKSON, AL · 11,715 people · Surface Water BREWTON WATER WORKS BREWTON, AL · 11,430 people · Groundwater CHEROKEE COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY CENTRE, AL · 11,013 people · Groundwater BEULAH UTILITIES DISTRICT VALLEY, AL · 10,389 people · Surface Water Purchased OPP UTILITIES BOARD OPP, AL · 10,266 people · Groundwater SPANISH FORT WATER SYSTEM SPANISH FORT, AL · 10,161 people · Surface Water Purchased WETUMPKA, THE WW & SB OF THE CITY OF WETUMPKA, AL · 10,137 people · Surface Water Purchased LOXLEY, CITY OF LOXLEY, AL · 10,104 people · Groundwater DALEVILLE, THE WWSB OF THE CITY OF DALEVILLE, AL · 10,014 people · Groundwater GENEVA, THE WW & SB OF THE CITY OF GENEVA, AL · 9,600 people · Groundwater GREENVILLE WATER WORKS GREENVILLE, AL · 9,336 people · Groundwater NORTH DALLAS COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY VALLEY GRANDE, AL · 8,838 people · Groundwater MARBURY WATER SYSTEM, INC. MARBURY, AL · 8,670 people · Surface Water Purchased GREEN POND WATER SYSTEM GREEN POND, AL · 8,631 people · Groundwater SOUTH BULLOCK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY UNION SPRINGS, AL · 8,601 people · Groundwater ATTALLA WATER WORKS BOARD ATTALLA, AL · 8,403 people · GWUDI MCCALL WATER SYSTEM INC BREWTON, AL · 8,400 people · Groundwater GILBERTOWN, UTILITIES BOARD OF TOWN OF GILBERTOWN, AL · 8,157 people · Groundwater FAYETTE WATER WORKS BOARD FAYETTE, AL · 8,142 people · Surface Water PIEDMONT UTILITIES BOARD PIEDMONT, AL · 8,073 people · Surface Water DALE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY OZARK, AL · 7,779 people · Groundwater AUTAUGA CO WATER AUTHORITY PRATTVILLE, AL · 7,710 people · Groundwater TALLASSEE WATER WORKS TALLASSEE, AL · 7,512 people · Surface Water PHIL CAMPBELL WATER WORKS PHIL CAMPBELL, AL · 7,425 people · Surface Water Purchased LANETT WATER WORKS LANETT, AL · 7,152 people · Surface Water Purchased BAKERHILL WATER AUTHORITY BAKERHILL, AL · 7,056 people · Groundwater BRENT UTILITIES BOARD BRENT, AL · 7,050 people · Groundwater WEAVER, CITY OF WEAVER, AL · 7,050 people · Groundwater CENTRE WATER & SEWER BOARD CENTRE, AL · 7,050 people · Surface Water WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY ATTALLA, AL · 6,900 people · Surface Water Purchased THOMASVILLE WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD THOMASVILLE, AL · 6,897 people · Surface Water HUGULEY WATER AUTHORITY LANETT, AL · 6,795 people · Surface Water Purchased GLENCOE WATER WORKS BOARD GLENCOE, AL · 6,465 people · Groundwater PINE BLUFF WATER AUTHORITY LOCUST FORK, AL · 6,255 people · Surface Water Purchased SNEAD WATER WORKS, TOWN OF SNEAD, AL · 6,111 people · Groundwater SOUTH CRENSHAW COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY BRANTLEY, AL · 6,075 people · Groundwater RED BAY, THE WATER WORKS & GAS BD RED BAY, AL · 6,048 people · GWUDI HANCEVILLE, THE WW & SB OF THE CITY OF HANCEVILLE, AL · 6,042 people · Groundwater CENTREVILLE WATER & SEWER CENTREVILLE, AL · 5,985 people · Groundwater FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER PIEDMONT, AL · 5,616 people · Groundwater Purchased HOKES BLUFF WATER BOARD HOKES BLUFF, AL · 5,536 people · Groundwater SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY TUSCUMBIA, AL · 5,520 people · Surface Water Purchased MILLBROOK UTILITIES MILLBROOK, AL · 5,451 people · Surface Water Purchased ELBA, THE WW AND EB OF THE CITY OF ELBA, AL · 5,361 people · Groundwater GROVE HILL WATER WORKS GROVE HILL, AL · 5,280 people · Groundwater OLD LINE WATER SYSTEM JACKSON, AL · 5,145 people · Groundwater JOPPA HULACO & RYAN WATER AUTHORITY JOPPA, AL · 5,121 people · Surface Water Purchased ECLECTIC, WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD ECLECTIC, AL · 5,094 people · Surface Water Purchased STEWARTVILLE WATER AUTHORITY SYLACAUGA, AL · 5,067 people · Groundwater EVERGREEN WATER WORKS EVERGREEN, AL · 4,950 people · Groundwater BERRY, TOWN OF BERRY, AL · 4,887 people · Surface Water CEDAR BLUFF UTILITIES BOARD CEDAR BLUFF, AL · 4,875 people · Surface Water Purchased WEST BLOCTON, TOWN OF WEST BLOCTON, AL · 4,629 people · Groundwater BUTLER WATER SYSTEM BUTLER, AL · 4,590 people · Groundwater HEFLIN, THE WATER WORKS AND SEWER BOARD HEFLIN, AL · 4,590 people · Surface Water FRIENDSHIP WATER WORKS TALLASSEE, AL · 4,425 people · Surface Water Purchased FAYETTE CO., WATER COORD. & F. P. A. FAYETTE, AL · 4,386 people · Surface Water Purchased JEMISON WATER WORKS JEMISON, AL · 4,365 people · Groundwater Purchased NORTHEAST ETOWAH COUNTY WATER CO-OP GADSDEN, AL · 4,275 people · Surface Water Purchased BLOUNTSVILLE, THE UB OF THE TOWN OF BLOUNTSVILLE, AL · 4,266 people · Groundwater NEW BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT NEW BROCKTON, AL · 4,185 people · Groundwater DALLAS COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY SELMA, AL · 4,152 people · Groundwater HARTFORD, CITY OF HARTFORD, AL · 4,140 people · Groundwater LAFAYETTE (CITY OF) LAFAYETTE, AL · 4,047 people · Surface Water HAWK PRIDE MT WATER SYSTEM TUSCUMBIA, AL · 4,035 people · GWUDI HIGHLAND WATER AUTHORITY GADSDEN, AL · 3,963 people · Surface Water Purchased UNION SPRINGS (UTLTY BD OF THE CITY OF) UNION SPRINGS, AL · 3,945 people · Groundwater COLLINSVILLE WATER WORKS COLLINSVILLE, AL · 3,945 people · Surface Water Purchased LUVERNE, WW&SB OF THE CITY OF LUVERNE, AL · 3,903 people · Groundwater FLORALA WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD FLORALA, AL · 3,834 people · Groundwater LEVEL PLAINS, TOWN OF DALEVILLE, AL · 3,819 people · Groundwater ROCKFORD UTILITIES BOARD, INC ROCKFORD, AL · 3,759 people · Surface Water Purchased WEST DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY SARDIS, AL · 3,747 people · Groundwater JOHNSONS CROSSING WATER SYSTEM CULLMAN, AL · 3,594 people · Surface Water Purchased THORSBY WATER WORKS BOARD, TOWN OF THORSBY, AL · 3,579 people · Groundwater LITTLEVILLE WATER WORKS RUSSELLVILLE, AL · 3,576 people · Surface Water Purchased CLEVELAND WATER WORKS CLEVELAND, AL · 3,516 people · Surface Water Purchased SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY SARDIS, AL · 3,504 people · Groundwater NORTH CHOCTAW WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY LISMAN, AL · 3,450 people · Groundwater LINEVILLE WATER WORKS BOARD LINEVILLE, AL · 3,420 people · Surface Water Purchased FREEMANVILLE WATER SYSTEM FREEMANVILLE, AL · 3,414 people · Groundwater OWASSA-BROWNSVILLE WATER AUTHORITY EVERGREEN, AL · 3,300 people · Groundwater MIDLAND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT MIDLAND CITY, AL · 3,300 people · Groundwater NECTAR, TOWN OF CLEVELAND, AL · 3,288 people · Surface Water Purchased VALLEY HEAD WATER WORKS BOARD VALLEY HEAD, AL · 3,075 people · Groundwater EAST BREWTON, THE WWB OF THE TOWN OF EAST BREWTON, AL · 2,994 people · Groundwater ASHLAND WATER & SEWER BOARD ASHLAND, AL · 2,925 people · Surface Water Purchased GEORGIANA, THE WW&SB OF THE CITY OF GEORGIANA, AL · 2,889 people · Groundwater CLIO WATER WORKS CLIO, AL · 2,832 people · Groundwater CLAY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY LINEVILLE, AL · 2,751 people · Surface Water COFFEEVILLE UTILIIES BOARD COFFEEVILLE, AL · 2,730 people · Groundwater WHORTON BEND WATER AUTHORITY GADSDEN, AL · 2,610 people · Surface Water Purchased HAYDEN WATER WORKS HAYDEN, AL · 2,589 people · Surface Water Purchased GOODWATER WTR WORKS & SEWER BD, CITY OF GOODWATER, AL · 2,550 people · Surface Water Purchased NEWTON, THE WW AND SB OF THE TOWN OF NEWTON, AL · 2,466 people · Groundwater FLOMATON, TOWN OF FLOMATON, AL · 2,409 people · Groundwater KINSTON, TOWN OF KINSTON, AL · 2,400 people · Groundwater HODGES WATER SYSTEM HODGES, AL · 2,400 people · Groundwater CLAYTON WATER WORKS & SEWER CLAYTON, AL · 2,064 people · Groundwater RANBURNE WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT RANBURNE, AL · 2,061 people · Surface Water Purchased SILVERHILL, TOWN OF SILVERHILL, AL · 2,058 people · Groundwater KELLYTON WATER SYSTEM KELLYTON, AL · 2,010 people · Surface Water Purchased CROSSVILLE WATER BOARD CROSSVILLE, AL · 1,998 people · Surface Water Purchased CHEROKEE WATER & GAS DEPARTMENT CHEROKEE, AL · 1,992 people · Surface Water MALVERN WATER DEPARTMENT MALVERN, AL · 1,852 people · Groundwater SUMMERDALE, WW BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SUMMERDALE, AL · 1,800 people · Groundwater OHATCHEE WATER SYSTEM OHATCHEE, AL · 1,680 people · Groundwater Purchased MILLERVILLE WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY MILLERVILLE, AL · 1,545 people · Surface Water Purchased LYEFFION WATER AUTHORITY, INC. EVERGREEN, AL · 1,506 people · Groundwater Purchased ESCAMBIA COMMUNITY UTILITIES LLC ATMORE, AL · 1,500 people · Groundwater

Alabama Drinking Water: Frequently Asked Questions

Is Alabama tap water safe to drink?

Alabama has 150 community water systems regulated by the EPA serving 1,583,416+ residents. Water quality varies by system — search above to find your specific utility and see its violation history, lead test results, and safety grade.

How many water systems are in Alabama?

There are 150 EPA-regulated community water systems in Alabama serving 1,583,416+ residents. Each system is required to test for over 90 contaminants and publicly report any violations.

Does Alabama have PFAS in its drinking water?

PFAS (forever chemicals) have been detected in water systems across the country, including Alabama. The EPA finalized enforceable PFAS limits in 2024. Search for your specific water system above to see if PFAS were detected and whether levels exceed the new federal limits.

EPA data last updated: 2026-06-23