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Cullman County, Alabama

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AL043 · Cullman County 11 sys · 398 viol · #446/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.8% health
  • RANK-TOP #446/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 91%
  • SYS-SMALL 11 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, Cullman County ranks #446 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cullman 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 10.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #446 of 3,254 · #11 of 67 in Alabama.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cullman County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bibb · lowest Greene · highest Madison · near Baldwin · 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
Cullman County Water Department 55,974 15 Clean
Cullman, City Of 35,496 7 Clean
V.a.w. Water System, Inc 17,103 7 Detected
East Cullman Water System 13,038 41 Clean
Hanceville, the Wwsb of the City Of 6,042 10 Detected
Joppa, Hulaco & Ryan Water Authority 5,121 8 Detected
Johnsons Crossing Water System 3,432 48 -
Walter Water Authority 1,431 7 -
Garden City Water Department 780 24 -
Golden Rod Broilers 350 187 -
Cullman Utilities Board 32 44 -

Compare beyond Alabama

Mid-flagged peers for Cullman County

Cross-state counties nearest Cullman County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (398). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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