COVINGTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained
COVINGTON 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 13,224 people through 4,875 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, COVINGTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY ranks 7,602th by violation burden (41th percentile) - 34 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the AL average
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; COVINGTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY 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
COVINGTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-07-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 1996-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
COVINGTON 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)
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 COVINGTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is COVINGTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY'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 COVINGTON 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.