What's in DOUGLAS WATER AUTHORITY's water?
DOUGLAS WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 19,179, over 6,393 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
49 total violations and 1 health-based ones put DOUGLAS WATER AUTHORITY at the 42th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,443 of 12,903.
How DOUGLAS WATER AUTHORITY compares within AL
DOUGLAS WATER AUTHORITY's 1 health-based violations sit within the AL average of 2.1, across 364 systems statewide. 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 DOUGLAS WATER AUTHORITY is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2008-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DOUGLAS 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 this data is and is not
This is what DOUGLAS WATER AUTHORITY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for DOUGLAS 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.