Is FRIENDSHIP WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
FRIENDSHIP WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,425, over 1,475 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, FRIENDSHIP WATER WORKS ranks 7,554th by violation burden (41th percentile) - 38 violations total, 1 health-based.
How FRIENDSHIP WATER WORKS compares within AL
Among the 364 AL systems in this dataset, the average is 2.1 health-based violations - FRIENDSHIP WATER WORKS's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for FRIENDSHIP WATER WORKS is from 2018-09-01 (health-based: 2000-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FRIENDSHIP 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:
- 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
FRIENDSHIP 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for FRIENDSHIP WATER WORKS - 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.