NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 40,551 people get their water from it, across 13,517 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, CITY OF ranks 8,810th by violation burden (32th percentile) - 4 violations total, 1 health-based.
How NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, CITY OF compares within AL
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, CITY OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, CITY OF is from 2022-01-10 (health-based: 1991-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, 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
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 NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and NORTHPORT WATER WORKS, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,810th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.