Is MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD's water safe to drink?
MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 22,467 people through 7,557 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD ranks 4,187th by violation burden (68th percentile) - 21 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
Against the AL average
MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD's 4 health-based violations sit above the AL average of 2.1, across 364 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY 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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD's record does not cover
This is what MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY 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 - 4 health-based violations on file for MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY 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.