Shelby County Commission-Water Services, AL Water Quality
Is Shelby County Commission-Water Services's water safe to drink?
Shelby County Commission-Water Services has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 40,101, over 13,367 connections.
Shelby County Commission-Water Services's record against the rest of the country
Shelby County Commission-Water Services has 5 violations on record in total, 2 of them health-based - ranking it 6,845th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 47th percentile nationally.
How Shelby County Commission-Water Services compares within AL
Shelby County Commission-Water Services's 2 health-based violations sit within the AL average of 2.1, across 364 systems statewide. 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 Shelby County Commission-Water Services is from 2006-01-10 (health-based: 2006-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Shelby County Commission-Water Services'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
This is what Shelby County Commission-Water Services 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 5 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.