COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS: EPA violation history, explained
COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 3,570 people get their water from it, across 1,180 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS ranks 5,866th by violation burden (55th percentile) - 62 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS compares within AL
Among the 364 AL systems in this dataset, the average is 2.1 health-based violations - COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS's 2 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS'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. Between the utility's meter and COTTONWOOD WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,866th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.