FAIRHOPE, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
FAIRHOPE, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 59,850 people through 19,950 service connections.
FAIRHOPE, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, FAIRHOPE, CITY OF ranks 7,188th by violation burden (44th percentile) - 145 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the AL average
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; FAIRHOPE, CITY OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
FAIRHOPE, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2003-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
FAIRHOPE, CITY OF'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 FAIRHOPE, CITY OF's record does not cover
FAIRHOPE, CITY OF'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 - 1 health-based violation on file for FAIRHOPE, CITY OF - 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.