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Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AL125 · Tuscaloosa County 10 sys · 118 viol · #258/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 22.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #258/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 80%
  • SYS-SMALL 10 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, Tuscaloosa County ranks #258 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #6 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.

Tuscaloosa 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 22.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #258 of 3,254 · #6 of 67 in Alabama.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Tuscaloosa County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Tuscaloosa 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
Tuscaloosa Water & Sewer 166,524 43 Clean
Northport Water Works (City Of) 40,551 9 Clean
Carrolls Creek Water Authority 16,248 10 Clean
Citizens Water Service, Inc. 15,096 24 Clean
Mitchell Water System Inc 8,730 6 Clean
Englewood-Hulls Water System, Inc. 7,077 2 Clean
Fosters-Ralph Water Authority 6,015 4 Clean
Coker Water Authority 5,118 5 Clean
Coaling Water Authority 3,747 13 Clean
Buhl, Elrod & Holman Water Authority 3,648 2 Clean

Compare beyond Alabama

Mid-flagged peers for Tuscaloosa County

Cross-state counties nearest Tuscaloosa County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (118). 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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