FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER: EPA violation history, explained
FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 5,616 people through 1,872 service connections.
FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER's record against the rest of the country
FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER has 10 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,539th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 49th percentile nationally.
How FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER compares within AL
FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER's 2 health-based violations sit within the AL average of 2.1, across 364 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER is from 2014-08-09 (health-based: 2006-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER'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 FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER 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. Between the utility's meter and FORDS VALLEY & HWY 278 WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,539th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.