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Community Water System · PWS AL0000540

Holtville Water System

Operator location Deatsville, Alabama - UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 46 violations and 12,600 people served.

12,600
People served (this PWS)
46
EPA violations (this PWS)
8
Health-based (this PWS)
7 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Holtville Water System standing, mid SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #3,970 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Holtville Water System lands in the middle third by violation volume (46), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (12,600; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#3,970 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#105 of 487
Population · AL
46
Total EPA violations on record
17%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

7 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
3,150
County
Elmore
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
8
Monitoring Violations
36
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 16 2024
TTHM MR 16 2024
Coliform (TCR) MCL 5 2009
Coliform (TCR) MR 4 2001
TTHM MCL 3 2025

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Holtville Water System has 46 recorded EPA violations, 54% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 45% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 46), and it ranks #3,970 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

46 Around the middle fewer violations than 45% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 28 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFTA 9/11/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/11/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/11/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 6/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 6/12/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 6/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 6/12/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 6/12/2023 5.40 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFHxS 6/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 6/12/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 6/12/2023 18.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFOA 6/12/2023 14.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFDA 6/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 6/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 6/12/2023 15.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFUnA 6/12/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 6/12/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 6/12/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 6/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 6/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 6/12/2023 9.30 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
6:2 FTS 6/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 6/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 6/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 6/12/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 6/12/2023 21.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMBA 6/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 6/12/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 6/12/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 6/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 6/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 6/12/2023 55.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFHxS 3/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 3/7/2023 4.60 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFBS 3/7/2023 56.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFHpS 3/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 3/7/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 3/7/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 3/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 3/7/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 3/7/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 3/7/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 3/7/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 3/7/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 3/7/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 3/7/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 3/7/2023 14.80 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFOA 3/7/2023 14.10 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFDA 3/7/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Holtville Water System

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS AL0000540 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

46 violations · 12,600 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

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Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Holtville Water System

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Alabama compares on the same EPA violation measures. Alabama systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater