BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained
BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 14,052 people through 4,684 service connections.
BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has 32 violations on record in total, 12 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,597th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 88th percentile nationally.
How BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY compares within AL
BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's 12 health-based violations sit above the AL average of 2.1, across 364 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY is from 2024-11-02 (health-based: 2019-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BUTLER COUNTY WATER 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 12 health-based violations on file for BUTLER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY - 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.