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PIKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained

PIKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 12,021, over 4,007 connections.

PIKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country

88 total violations and 9 health-based ones put PIKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,072 of 12,903.

Against the AL average

Among the 364 AL systems in this dataset, the average is 2.1 health-based violations - PIKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's 9 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

PIKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2000-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

PIKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY'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:

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 PIKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover

This is what PIKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 88 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.