What's in TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER's water?
TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 166,524 people get their water from it, across 55,508 connections.
TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER's record against the rest of the country
TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER has 14 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,359th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 51th percentile nationally.
How TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER compares within AL
TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER'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 TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2023-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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 this data is and is not
TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER'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 14 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.