PRICHARD WATER WORKS BOARD: EPA violation history, explained
PRICHARD WATER WORKS BOARD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 29,190 people get their water from it, across 9,730 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
51 total violations and 14 health-based ones put PRICHARD WATER WORKS BOARD at the 90th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,333 of 12,903.
How PRICHARD WATER WORKS BOARD compares within AL
Among the 364 AL systems in this dataset, the average is 2.1 health-based violations - PRICHARD WATER WORKS BOARD's 14 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PRICHARD WATER WORKS BOARD is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PRICHARD WATER WORKS 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
PRICHARD WATER WORKS BOARD'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. Between the utility's meter and PRICHARD WATER WORKS BOARD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,333th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.