Is LINCOLN, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
LINCOLN, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 13,923 people get their water from it, across 4,641 connections.
How this compares nationally
96 total violations and 4 health-based ones put LINCOLN, CITY OF at the 69th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,952 of 12,903.
How LINCOLN, CITY OF compares within AL
LINCOLN, CITY OF's 4 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 LINCOLN, CITY OF is from 2023-01-10 (health-based: 2010-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LINCOLN, 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 LINCOLN, 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 96 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.