Is LAFAYETTE (CITY OF)'s water safe to drink?
LAFAYETTE (CITY OF) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,047 people get their water from it, across 1,349 connections.
LAFAYETTE (CITY OF)'s record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, LAFAYETTE (CITY OF) ranks 3,433th by violation burden (73th percentile) - 54 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How LAFAYETTE (CITY OF) compares within AL
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; LAFAYETTE (CITY OF) carries 5, 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 LAFAYETTE (CITY OF) is from 2024-04-02 (health-based: 2016-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAFAYETTE (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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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 LAFAYETTE (CITY OF) 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 LAFAYETTE (CITY OF)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,433th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.