Question 1

Is Blue Springs Water Works water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Blue Springs Water Works (PWS ID: AL0000081) has 18 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 636 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Blue Springs Water Works serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Blue Springs Water Works serves 636 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Clio or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 200 service connections. The operator address is listed in Clio, Alabama.

Question 3

What type of violations does Blue Springs Water Works have?

Accepted Answer

Blue Springs Water Works has 18 total violations: 3 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 12 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Blue Springs Water Works water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Blue Springs Water Works under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Blue Springs Water Works use?

Accepted Answer

Blue Springs Water Works uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Blue Springs Water Works sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Blue Springs Water Works ranks #25,543 of 29,740 by people served, and #474 of 487 in Alabama. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Blue Springs Water Works's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Blue Springs Water Works has 18 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 70% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 29% of that cohort has fewer violations than Blue Springs Water Works. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
TTHM	MR	4	2005
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	4	2005
Coliform (TCR)	MR	4	1994
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	3	1994
Revised Total Coliform Rule	RPT	2	2022

Blue Springs Water Works

Blue Springs Water Works standing, low SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Blue Springs Water Works

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers

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