Is ADDISON WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
ADDISON WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,622 people get their water from it, across 874 connections.
ADDISON WATER WORKS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ADDISON WATER WORKS ranks 7,484th by violation burden (42th percentile) - 45 violations total, 1 health-based.
How ADDISON WATER WORKS compares within AL
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; ADDISON WATER WORKS carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ADDISON WATER WORKS is from 2005-01-12 (health-based: 2005-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ADDISON WATER WORKS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is ADDISON WATER WORKS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and ADDISON WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,484th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.