COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,395, over 4,465 connections.
COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM ranks 7,445th by violation burden (42th percentile) - 49 violations total, 1 health-based.
How COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM compares within AL
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM 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 COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2009-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM'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: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM - 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.