DrinkingWaterCheck

Is BIG WILLS WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?

BIG WILLS WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,301, over 767 connections.

How this compares nationally

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BIG WILLS WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY ranks 7,381th by violation burden (43th percentile) - 61 violations total, 1 health-based.

How BIG WILLS WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY compares within AL

Among the 364 AL systems in this dataset, the average is 2.1 health-based violations - BIG WILLS WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for BIG WILLS WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY is from 2021-01-01 (health-based: 2012-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

BIG WILLS WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY'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 BIG WILLS WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY'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 BIG WILLS WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,381th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.