SUMTER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained
SUMTER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 10,983 people get their water from it, across 3,661 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
SUMTER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has 13 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,312th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 67th percentile nationally.
How SUMTER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY compares within AL
SUMTER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's 4 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 SUMTER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY is from 2025-01-08 (health-based: 2013-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SUMTER COUNTY 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)
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
SUMTER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 13 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.