Is SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS's water safe to drink?
SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,827, over 4,609 connections.
How this compares nationally
58 total violations and 1 health-based ones put SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS at the 43th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,394 of 12,903.
How SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS compares within AL
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS 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 SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS is from 2023-01-01 (health-based: 2000-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS'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
SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS'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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.