WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained
WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 6,900, over 2,300 connections.
WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
14 total violations and 5 health-based ones put WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,666 of 12,903.
How WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY compares within AL
WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY's 5 health-based violations sit above 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 WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY is from 2023-09-05 (health-based: 2022-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO 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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
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 WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. 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.