DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF's water?

ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 43,431, over 14,477 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF has 25 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,142th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.

How ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF compares within AL

AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF carries 4, 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 ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF is from 2025-09-12 (health-based: 2025-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF'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:

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 ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for ATHENS,THE WATER WORKS BD OF THE CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.