Question 1

Is New Brockton Water Department water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

New Brockton Water Department (PWS ID: AL0000302) has 81 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 4,185 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does New Brockton Water Department serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that New Brockton Water Department serves 4,185 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of New Brockton or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1,395 service connections. The operator address is listed in New Brockton, Alabama.

Question 3

What type of violations does New Brockton Water Department have?

Accepted Answer

New Brockton Water Department has 81 total violations: 15 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 64 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 New Brockton Water Department water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for New Brockton Water Department under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does New Brockton Water Department use?

Accepted Answer

New Brockton Water Department 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 New Brockton Water Department sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), New Brockton Water Department ranks #8,618 of 29,740 by people served, and #251 of 487 in Alabama. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does New Brockton Water Department's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

New Brockton Water Department has 81 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 31% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 69% of that cohort has fewer violations than New Brockton Water Department. 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
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	15	2009
Coliform (TCR)	MR	11	2009
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	11	2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	RPT	2	2022
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	2022
Xylenes, Total	MR	2	2022
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2022
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2022
Vinyl chloride	MR	2	2022
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2022
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2022
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	2	2022
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	2022
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	2	2022
Toluene	MR	2	2022
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2022
Trichloroethylene	MR	2	2022
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	2022
Styrene	MR	2	2022
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2022
Benzene	MR	2	2022
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	2	2022
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2022
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	2022
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	2022

New Brockton Water Department

New Brockton Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for New Brockton Water Department

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems with similar served population