Houston County, Alabama
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet AL069 · Houston County 16 sys · 1,072 viol · #489/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-LOW · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 93.8% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 3.4% health
- RANK-TOP #489/3254
- ABOVE-PEER +4.9 pp
- PFAS-LOW 20.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 100%
- SYS-SMALL 16 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Geneva County ( -4.9 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Houston County ranks #489 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #13 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.
Houston County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 93.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.4% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 20.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #489 of 3,254 · #13 of 67 in Alabama.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Houston County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Houston County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dothan Utilities, City Of | 97,146 | 424 | Detected |
| Taylor Water System | 9,339 | 10 | Clean |
| Houston County Water Authority | 4,902 | 21 | Clean |
| Ashford Water Works | 3,816 | 124 | Clean |
| Cottonwood Water Works | 3,570 | 114 | Clean |
| Cowarts Water System | 2,262 | 6 | - |
| Kinsey Water System | 2,010 | 8 | - |
| Webb Water System | 1,521 | 52 | - |
| Columbia Water Works | 1,179 | 222 | - |
| Farley Nuclear Plant | 850 | 17 | - |
| Avon Water System | 495 | 6 | - |
| Gordon, Town Of | 414 | 44 | - |
| Dollar General #19936 Gordon, AL | 32 | 0 | - |
| West Bank Damsite/George W Andrews | 30 | 16 | - |
| Allen Aaf | 30 | 4 | - |
| Toth Field | 30 | 4 | - |
Compare beyond Alabama
Mid-flagged peers for Houston County
Cross-state counties nearest Houston County on flagged-system share (93.8%) and cumulative violation count (1,072). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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