Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of, AL Water Quality
Is Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of's water safe to drink?
Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 35,259 people get their water from it, across 10,983 connections.
Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of ranks 5,042th by violation burden (61th percentile) - 19 violations total, 3 health-based.
Against the AL average
Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of's 3 health-based violations sit above the AL average of 2.1, across 364 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-11-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. 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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. of - 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.