Is SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,520 people get their water from it, across 1,840 connections.
SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY ranks 3,773th by violation burden (71th percentile) - 9 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY compares within AL
SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY's 5 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
The last violation EPA has on record for SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY is from 2014-09-08 (health-based: 2008-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SPRING VALLEY 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:
- 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
Everything on this page is SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY - 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.