Is GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD's water safe to drink?
GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,350 people get their water from it, across 1,450 connections.
GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD's record against the rest of the country
47 total violations and 6 health-based ones put GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,993 of 12,903.
How GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD compares within AL
GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD's 6 health-based violations sit above 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 GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD is from 2018-01-01 (health-based: 2011-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD 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 - 6 health-based violations on file for GUIN WATER & SEWER BOARD - 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.