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Alabama: drinking water systems

The 502 active community water systems in Alabama on EPA's record, serving 6,410,290 people (EPA's counts). Systems serving more than 500 people have their own page; find yours by name, city, county, ZIP code or PWS ID. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026.

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46 of 502 systems have a health-based violation on EPA's record since Oct. 23, 2023, serving 708,930 of the state's 6,410,290 people (11%); 6 are an EPA enforcement priority. EPA lists 10 as currently in violation (EPA's system file of Oct. 23, 2026).

Health-based violations, in EPA's words: “Violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.”

Find your water system

    Health-based violations since Oct. 23, 2023, by contaminant or rule

    Cities and counties EPA lists, A to Z

    The cities EPA lists as served by each system, with the number of systems that list each; a system for which EPA lists no city is under its county.

    ABBEVILLE 3ALBERTVILLE 2ALEXANDER CITY 2ANDALUSIA 4ASHVILLE 4ATHENS 2ATMORE 2ATTALLA 4AUTAUGAVILLE 2BESSEMER 3Blount (county) 2BOAZ 2BRANTLEY 2BREWTON 2CAMDEN 2Chambers (county) 1CHATOM 4CLAYTON 3CLEVELAND 3CLIO 2COLUMBIANA 3CULLMAN 4Cullman (county) 1DADEVILLE 2Dale (county) 1DALEVILLE 2DAPHNE 3DECATUR 2DOTHAN 3EAST BREWTON 2EUFAULA 2EUTAW 2EVERGREEN 5FAYETTE 2FLORENCE 4FORT PAYNE 2FULTON 2GADSDEN 5GRANT 2GREENSBORO 2GREENVILLE 2GUIN 3HANCEVILLE 2HAYNEVILLE 3HEFLIN 2HUNTSVILLE 2JACKSON 2Jackson (county) 1JASPER 3Lamar (county) 1Lawrence (county) 1Lee (county) 1LEIGHTON 2LINDEN 2LINEVILLE 2LIVINGSTON 2Macon (county) 1Madison (county) 1MARION 2Marion (county) 1MIDWAY 2MILLBROOK 2Mobile (county) 2MONTGOMERY 3NEW BROCKTON 2NORTHPORT 2OAKMAN 2OPELIKA 2OZARK 2PELHAM 3PENNINGTON 2PHENIX CITY 2Pickens (county) 2PIEDMONT 3PRATTVILLE 3RAMER 2RIVERSIDE 2ROANOKE 2ROBERTSDALE 2ROGERSVILLE 2Russell (county) 1RUSSELLVILLE 3SARALAND 2SARDIS 2SCOTTSBORO 3SELMA 3St. Clair (county) 1STEELE 2SYLACAUGA 2TALLADEGA 4THOMASVILLE 2THORSBY 2TROY 2TUSCALOOSA 3TUSCUMBIA 4TUSKEGEE 3UNION SPRINGS 2Washington (county) 1WETUMPKA 2WILSONVILLE 2

    Counties

    A page for each county EPA lists for three or more systems with a page of their own: the systems that serve it and how each stands on EPA's record.

    Systems with no city or county on EPA's record, A to Z (1)

    Water systems with a page of their own, A to Z (471)

    From EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), through EPA ECHO's drinking water system download. Health-based violations from EPA Envirofacts, downloaded Nov. 2, 2026. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026. EPA: “All compliance and enforcement data displayed on ECHO are current as of the last official quarterly refresh of the source data system, SDWIS, which may lag by three to six months.” These are records of violations, not a test of your tap water today: your water system's annual Consumer Confidence Report has its test results. Names and values are shown as EPA writes them. EPA ECHO drinking water search.