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Franklin County, Alabama

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AL059 · Franklin County 6 sys · 266 viol · #1142/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1142/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 83%
  • SYS-TINY 6 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, Franklin County ranks #1,142 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #35 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.

Franklin 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 3.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,142 of 3,254 · #35 of 67 in Alabama.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Franklin County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Franklin 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
Russellville Water Works 16,650 9 Clean
Phil Campbell Water Works 7,341 7 Clean
Red Bay, the Water Works & Gas Bd 6,048 237 Clean
Franklin County Water Service Authority 4,932 2 Detected
Hodges Water System 2,400 6 -
Vina Water Works Board 1,368 5 -

Compare beyond Alabama

Mid-flagged peers for Franklin County

Cross-state counties nearest Franklin County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (266). 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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