What's in PELL CITY, CITY OF's water?
PELL CITY, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 17,586 people through 5,862 service connections.
How this compares nationally
23 total violations and 3 health-based ones put PELL CITY, CITY OF at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,991 of 12,903.
How PELL CITY, CITY OF compares within AL
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; PELL CITY, CITY OF carries 3, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PELL CITY, CITY OF is from 2020-02-10 (health-based: 1996-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PELL CITY, 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 PELL CITY, 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 PELL CITY, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,991th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.