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Clayton Water Works & Sewer, AL Water Quality

Clayton Water Works & Sewer: EPA violation history, explained

Past violation
4 health-based violations

Clayton Water Works & Sewer has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,064, over 712 connections.

How this compares nationally

Clayton Water Works & Sewer has 37 violations on record in total, 4 of them health-based - ranking it 4,069th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.

Against the AL average

AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; Clayton Water Works & Sewer carries 4, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

Clayton Water Works & Sewer's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

Clayton Water Works & Sewer'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 Clayton Water Works & Sewer's record does not cover

Clayton Water Works & Sewer's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for Clayton Water Works & Sewer - 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.