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Baldwin County, Alabama

24 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 303,145 people in Baldwin County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

24
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
3,219
Total violations Upper third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
33.3%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (12 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AL003 · Baldwin County 24 sys · 3,219 viol · #231/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.2% health
  • RANK-TOP #231/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-SMALL 24 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Jefferson County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Baldwin County ranks #231 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.

Baldwin County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.2% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #231 of 3,254 · #4 of 67 in Alabama.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Baldwin County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Baldwin County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bibb · lowest Greene · highest Madison · near Montgomery · near 80% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Fairhope, City Of 59,484 471 Detected
Foley, Utilities Board of the City Of 50,919 16 Clean
Gulf Shores, the Ub of the City Of 36,798 8 Clean
Daphne, Utilities Board of the City Of 33,372 55 Detected
North Baldwin Utilities 28,713 697 Detected
Orange Beach Water, Sewer and F.p.a. 17,796 200 Clean
Belforest Water System 17,268 133 Detected
Robertsdale, City Of 13,242 527 Clean
Perdido Bay Water, Sewer & Fpd 12,765 29 Clean
Spanish Fort Water System 10,161 117 Clean
Loxley, City Of 10,104 3 Clean
East Central Baldwin County Water & Fpa 5,496 566 Clean
Silverhill, Town Of 2,058 84 -
Summerdale, Ww Board of the Town Of 1,800 15 -
Park City Water Authority, Inc 1,281 7 -
Southport Campgrounds 360 36 -
Aldot I-10 AL/FL Welcome Center 350 11 -
Hilltop RV Park 264 25 -
Styx River Resort Water System 240 26 -
Baldwin Baptist Camp 200 13 -
Sugar Beach Resort, Inc. Dba Wilderness 174 55 -
Hubbard Landing, Inc 150 77 -
White's Commercial Park 100 38 -
Gulf State Park Interpretive Center Wts 50 10 -

Compare beyond Alabama

Mid-flagged peers for Baldwin County

Cross-state counties nearest Baldwin County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (3,219). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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