Alabama tap water quality
PFAS results for 307 Alabama water systems from EPA's latest nationwide testing. Enter your address for your own utility's record and a filter recommendation.
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307systems tested
38%had PFAS detected
81over EPA's 4 ppt limit
Highest PFAS levels in Alabama
| Water system | Max PFOA (ppt) | Max PFOS (ppt) |
|---|---|---|
| Irondale Water System | 5.1 | 59.4 |
| Collinsville Water Works | 52.5 | 6.6 |
| Gadsden Water Works and Sewer Board | 32 | 32.4 |
| Grand Bay Water Works Board | 31.4 | 26.9 |
| Sterrett-Vandiver Water System | 21 | 31 |
| Colbert County Rural Water System | 19.8 | 29.5 |
| Wetumpka Water Works & Sewer Board | 19 | 29 |
| Clanton Water Department | 26 | 28 |
| Highland Water Authority | 26.7 | 27.8 |
| Shelby County Water System | 26.1 | 27.7 |
All Alabama water systems
- Alabaster Water Board ⚠
- Albertville Utilities Board ⚠
- Alexander City Water Department
- Andalusia (Utilities Board of)
- Anniston Water & Sewer Board
- Arab Water Works Board
- Athens Utilities
- Auburn Water Works ⚠
- Beauregard Water Authority
- Belforest Water System ⚠
- Bessemer Water Service ⚠
- Birmingham Water Works Board
- Blount County Water
- Boaz Water & Sewer Board ⚠
- Butler County Water Authority
- Calera Water Works
- Calhoun County Water & Fire Pr Authority
- Carrolls Creek Water Authority
- Central Elmore Water Authority
- Cherokee County Water Authority
- Chilton Water Authority
- Citizens Water Service INC.
- City of Cullman Water Works
- City of Talladega Water and Sewer Board ⚠
- Clanton Water Department ⚠
- Colbert County Rural Water System ⚠
- Columbiana Water Works
- Covington County Water Authority
- Cullman County Water Department
- Curry Water Authority
- Daleville Water & Sewer Board
- Daphne (Utilities Board of the City of)
- Decatur (Municipal Utilities Board of)
- Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District
- Demopolis Water Works and Sewer Board
- Dothan Utilities (City of)
- Douglas Water Authority
- East Alabama Water & Fire Pro District
- East Cullman Water System
- Elmore Water & Sewer Authority
- Enterprise Water Works
- Eufaula Water Works
- Fairhope Water System (City of) ⚠
- Florence Water-Wastewater Department ⚠
- Foley (Utilities Board of the City of)
- Fort Payne Water Works Board
- Fort Rucker - American Water
- Ft Mitchell Water System
- Gadsden Water Works and Sewer Board ⚠
- Grand Bay Water Works Board ⚠
- Gulf Shores (Utilities Board City of)
- Guntersville Water Works & Sewer Board ⚠
- Haleyville Water Works & Sewer Board
- Hamilton Water and Wastewater Department
- Hartselle Utility Board
- Harvest-Monrovia Water System ⚠
- Helena Utility Board ⚠
- Henry County Water Authority
- Huntsville Utilities ⚠
- Irondale Water System ⚠
- Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board ⚠
- Jacksonville Water Works Gas and Sewer
- Jasper Water Works and Sewer Board
- Leeds Water Board
- Limestone County Water System ⚠
- Lincoln (City of)
- Loachapoka Water Authority ⚠
- Loxley (Town of)
- Madison County Water Department ⚠
- Madison Water Works & Sewer
- Mobile Board of Water and Sewer Comm.
- Mobile County Water & Fire Pro Authority
- Montgomery Water Works
- Muscle Shoals Utility Board ⚠
- Ne Morgan Co Water and Sewer Authority
- North Baldwin Utilities ⚠
- North Marshall Utilities
- Northeast Alabama Water System ⚠
- Northport Water Works
- Odenville (Util Board of the Town of) ⚠
- Oneonta Utilities Board
- Opelika Utilities ⚠
- Orange Beach Water Sewer and F.P.A.
- Oxford Water Works & Sewer Board ⚠
- Ozark Utilities Board
- Pelham Water Works ⚠
- Pell City Water Works ⚠
- Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpa
- Phenix City Utilities ⚠
- Pickens County Water & F. P. Authority
- Pike County Water Authority
- Prattville (Water Works Board of) ⚠
- Prichard Water Works Board
- Rainbow City Utilities Board
- Robertsdale (City of)
- Russell County Water Authority ⚠
- Russellville Water Works
- Saraland Water Service ⚠
- Scottsboro Water Works
- Section-Dutton Water System
- Selma Water Works & Sewer Board
- Sheffield Utilities Department ⚠
- Shelby County Water System ⚠
- Smiths Water and Sewer Authority ⚠
- South Alabama Utilities Water System
- Southside Water Works ⚠
- St. Elmo-Irvington Water Authority
- Sumter County Water Authority
- Sylacauga Utilities Board
- Tri Community Water System ⚠
- Troy Utilities (City of)
- Trussville Utilities
- Tuscaloosa Water & Sewer
- Tuscumbia Water Works ⚠
- Tuskegee Utilities Board ⚠
- Us Army Garrison-Redstone Arsenal
- V.A.W. Water System INC
- Walnut Hill Water Authority
- Warrior River Water Authority ⚠
- West Escambia Utilities INC.
- West Lauderdale Co Water & Fpa ⚠
- West Lawrence Water Coop
- West Morgan-East Lawrence Water Authorit
- Abbeville Water Works & Sewer Board
- Addison Water Works
- Aliceville Water & Sewer Board
- Ardmore Water System ⚠
- Arley Water Works
- Asbury Water System ⚠
- Ashford Water Works
- Ashland Water & Sewer Board
- Ashville Water and Sewer
- Attalla Water Works Board
- Autauga Co Water Authority
- Bakerhill Water Authority
- Bayou La Batre Utilities
- Bethel Water System
- Beulah Utilities District ⚠
- Blountsville Utilities Board
- Boldo Water & Fire Prot. Authority
- Brent Utilities Board
- Brewton Water Works
- Bridgeport Utilities Board
- Brundidge Water Department
- Buhl Elrod & Holman Water Authority
- Butler Water System
- Camden Water & Sewer Department
- Cedar Bluff Utilities Board
- Central Talladega County Water Authority
- Centre Water & Sewer Board ⚠
- Centreville Water & Sewer
- Childersburg Water & Sewer Board ⚠
- Chisholm Heights Water & F P Authority ⚠
- Cleburne County Water Authority
- Cleveland Water Works
- Clio Water Works
- Coaling Water Authority
- Coffee County Water Authority
- Coker Water Authority
- Collinsville Water Works ⚠
- Cook Springs Water Authority
- Cordova Water Works & Gas Board
- Cottonwood Water Works
- Cumberland Mountain Water
- Dadeville Water Works & Sewage Board
- Dale County Water Authority
- Dallas County Water & Sewer Authority
- Dauphin Island Water & Sewer
- Deer Park-Vinegar Bend Water & Fpa
- Dora Utilities
- Double Springs (Town of) W&s Board
- East Central Baldwin County Water & Fpa
- East Lauderdale County Water Authority
- Eclectic Water Works & Sewer Board ⚠
- Elba Water Works
- Englewood-Hulls Water System INC.
- Eutaw Water Department
- Evergreen Water Works
- Excel Water System
- Fayette Co. Water Coord. & F. P. A.
- Fayette Water Works Board
- Fayetteville Water Authority
- Fords Valley & Hwy 278 Water
- Fosters-Ralph Water Authority
- Franklin County Water Services Authority
- Freemanville Water System
- Friendship Water Works ⚠
- Geneva Water Works
- Gilbertown (Utilities Board of Town of)
- Glencoe Water Works Board
- Gordo Wtr Gas & Sewer Board
- Graysville Water & Sewer Board
- Green Pond Water System
- Greene County Water Authority
- Greenhill Water & Fire Pro Authority ⚠
- Greensboro (Utilities Bd of the City of)
- Greenville Water Works
- Grove Hill Water Works ⚠
- Guin Water & Sewer Board
- Hale County Water Authority
- Hanceville (the Wwsb of the City of)
- Hartford Water Works
- Hawk Pride Mt Water System ⚠
- Headland Water Works
- Heflin Water Works
- Highland Water Authority ⚠
- Hokes Bluff Water Board
- Holtville Water System ⚠
- Houston County Water Authority
- Huguley Water Authority ⚠
- Jackson County Water Authority
- Jacksons Gap Water Authority
- Jemison Water Works
- Joppa Hulaco & Ryan Water Authority
- Kushla Water District
- Lafayette Water Works Al
- Lanett Water Works
- Lemoyne Water System INC.
- Level Plains Water System
- Linden Utilities Board
- Littleville Waterworks ⚠
- Livingston Water Works
- Lowndes County Water System
- Luverne Water & Sewer Department
- Macon County Water Authority ⚠
- Marbury Water System INC. ⚠
- Margaret Water Works
- Marion County Public Water Authority
- Marion Water Department
- Mccall Water System INC
- Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority
- Millbrook Utilities ⚠
- Mitchell Water System INC
- Monroeville (Water Works Bd. of City of)
- Montevallo Water Works & Sewer ⚠
- Moulton Water Works Board ⚠
- Moundville Water Works
- Mt Andrew Water Authority
- Mulga Water Works and Gas Department
- Munford Water Authority INC.
- Myrtlewood Water System
- New Hope Water System
- New London Water & Fire Pro Authority
- North Choctaw Water & Sewer Authority
- North Dallas Water Authority
- Northeast Etowah County Water Co-Op ⚠
- Oakman Water Works
- Old Line Water System
- Opp Utilities Board
- Owassa-Brownsville Water Authority
- Owens Crossroads Water Authority
- Parrish Water Works Board
- Phil Campbell Water Works
- Piedmont Utilities Board
- Pine Bluff Water Authority
- Pine Hill Water Department ⚠
- Pintlala Water System INC.
- Quint-Mar Water Authority
- Randolph County Water & Sewer Authority
- Red Bay Water & Gas Board
- Riverside (Town of)
- Riverview Water Works
- Roanoke (the Util. Bd. of the City of)
- Rogersville Water Works & Sewer Board ⚠
- Samson Water Works
- Sardis City Water Board ⚠
- Satsuma Water Works
- Slocomb Water Works and Sewer Board
- Snead Water Works
- South Bullock County Water Authority
- South Crenshaw County Water Authority
- South Dallas Water Authority
- South Marengo Co Water & Fire Pro Auth ⚠
- Southwest Alabama Water Authority
- Spanish Fort Water System
- Spring Valley Water Authority ⚠
- Springville Water Works ⚠
- Sterrett-Vandiver Water System ⚠
- Stevenson (Util. Board of the Town of) ⚠
- Stewartville Water Authority
- Sumiton Water Works Board
- Talladega County Water System ⚠
- Tallassee Water Works ⚠
- Taylor Water System
- Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board ⚠
- Thorsby Water Works Board
- Tillison Bend Water Authority
- Town of Berry Water Department
- Triana Water Works
- Turnerville Water & Fire Pro District
- Union Springs Util Board ⚠
- Uniontown Utilities Board
- Uriah Water System INC.
- Vernon Water and Sewer Board
- Wall Street Water Authority
- Wattsville Water Authority
- Weaver Water System ⚠
- Wedowee Water Sewer & Gas Board
- West Autauga Water Authority
- West Blocton Water Works
- West Dallas Co Water Authority
- West Etowah Water & Fire Pro Authority ⚠
- Wetumpka Water Works & Sewer Board ⚠
- White House Water System INC.
- Wilcox County Water Authority ⚠
- Winfield Water Works & Sewer Board
- York Water System/City of York
Questions
Does Alabama tap water have PFAS?
In EPA's UCMR 5 testing, 117 of 307 Alabama water systems (38%) had at least one PFAS compound detected, and 81 had PFOA or PFOS above EPA's 4 ppt limit.
What is the best water filter in Alabama?
It depends on your utility. Where PFAS is above EPA's limit, reverse osmosis is the most effective option. Where the main concern is lead from home plumbing or chlorine taste, a certified carbon filter is enough. Enter your address to get a match.