Is SULLIGENT, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
SULLIGENT, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,643 people get their water from it, across 881 connections.
How this compares nationally
18 total violations and 2 health-based ones put SULLIGENT, CITY OF at the 51th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,267 of 12,903.
How SULLIGENT, CITY OF compares within AL
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; SULLIGENT, CITY OF carries 2, 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 SULLIGENT, CITY OF is from 2020-01-01 (health-based: 1998-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SULLIGENT, CITY 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)
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 SULLIGENT, CITY OF 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. Between the utility's meter and SULLIGENT, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,267th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.