Is GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE CITY OF's water safe to drink?
GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 40,947, over 13,649 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE CITY OF has 3 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,951th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 31th percentile nationally.
How GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE CITY OF compares within AL
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE 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
The last violation EPA has on record for GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE CITY OF is from 2004-01-06 (health-based: 2004-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is GULF SHORES, THE UB OF THE CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 3 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.