Is PELHAM, CITY OF's water safe to drink?

PELHAM, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 38,703 people get their water from it, across 12,901 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

32 total violations and 2 health-based ones put PELHAM, CITY OF at the 53th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,044 of 12,903.

How PELHAM, CITY OF compares within AL

Among the 364 AL systems in this dataset, the average is 2.1 health-based violations - PELHAM, CITY OF's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for PELHAM, CITY OF is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2013-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

PELHAM, 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:

• 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 this data is and is not

PELHAM, CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 32 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.