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Pickens County, Alabama

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AL107 · Pickens County 5 sys · 379 viol · #1464/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1464/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW 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, Pickens County ranks #1,464 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #44 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.

Pickens 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 6.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,464 of 3,254 · #44 of 67 in Alabama.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pickens County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Pickens 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
Pickens County Water Authority 14,364 133 Clean
Aliceville, Water & Sb of the City Of 5,655 79 Clean
Gordo Wtr Gas & Sewer Board 3,630 18 Clean
Reform Water & Sewer Board 2,376 142 -
Carrollton, Town Of 1,305 7 -

Compare beyond Alabama

Mid-flagged peers for Pickens County

Cross-state counties nearest Pickens County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (379). 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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