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Walker County, Alabama

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AL127 · Walker County 15 sys · 540 viol · #640/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 33.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #640/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 87%
  • SYS-SMALL 15 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, Walker County ranks #640 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #21 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.

Walker 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 33.0% is health-based share above the upper 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 #640 of 3,254 · #21 of 67 in Alabama.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Walker County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Walker 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
Jasper Water Works and Sewer Board 28,638 45 Clean
Curry Water Authority 18,060 25 Clean
Sumiton Water Works Board 5,994 20 Clean
Parrish Water Works Board 5,679 14 Clean
Boldo Water & Fire Prot. Authority 4,857 3 Clean
Dora Utilities 4,083 116 Clean
Cordova Water Works & Gas Board 3,867 3 Clean
Oakman, Town Of 3,576 27 Clean
Carbon Hill Utilities Board 3,159 44 -
Townley Water Authority 2,445 11 -
Nauvoo Water Works 2,103 28 -
Eldridge Water System 1,674 93 -
Providence Water Authority 1,329 41 -
Copeland Ferry/Pumpkin Center WA 1,059 56 -
Kansas Water System 318 14 -

Compare beyond Alabama

Mid-flagged peers for Walker County

Cross-state counties nearest Walker County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (540). 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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