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Lee County, Alabama

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AL081 · Lee County 7 sys · 572 viol · #369/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 85.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.9% health
  • RANK-TOP #369/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±1.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 83.3% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 71%
  • SYS-TINY 7 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Dale County (+ 1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lee County ranks #369 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #8 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lee County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 85.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.9% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 83.3% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #369 of 3,254 · #8 of 67 in Alabama.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lee County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bibb · lowest Lee · this county Geneva · near 80% 83.3% 85.7% 86.7% 88.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Auburn Water Works 65,313 256 Detected
Opelika, Ww Bd. of the City Of 45,621 67 Detected
Smiths Water and Sewer Authority 31,695 27 Detected
Loachapoka Water Authority 13,503 105 Detected
Beauregard Water Authority 12,270 22 Clean
Beulah Utilities District 10,389 95 Detected
Dollar General #20059, Auburn, AL 25 0 -

Compare beyond Alabama

Lower-flagged peers for Lee County

Cross-state counties nearest Lee County on flagged-system share (85.7%) and cumulative violation count (572). 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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