PlainWater

Macon County, Alabama

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AL087 · Macon County 5 sys · 532 viol · #1572/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 20.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1572/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 5 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, Macon County ranks #1,572 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #48 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.

Macon 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 20.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,572 of 3,254 · #48 of 67 in Alabama.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Macon County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Macon 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
Tuskegee, Utilities Board of the City Of 12,900 213 Detected
Macon County Water Authority 6,951 201 Detected
Notasulga Water System 2,850 36 -
Star-Mindingall Water Authority 1,962 61 -
Franklin, Town Of 150 21 -

Compare beyond Alabama

Mid-flagged peers for Macon County

Cross-state counties nearest Macon County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (532). 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

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.