Community Water System · PWS AL0000591
Southside Water Works
Operator location Southside, Alabama - 0% of 27 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 12,327 served per SDWIS.
- 12,327
- People served (this PWS)
- 27
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 7 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Southside Water Works standing, mid SDWIS violation third
0% of 27 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #4,039 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Southside Water Works lands in the middle third by violation volume (27), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (12,327; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #4,039 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #107 of 487
- Population · AL
- 27
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
7 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 4,109
- County
- Etowah
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 25
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 2000 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2024 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Styrene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Benzene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Toluene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Southside Water Works has 27 recorded EPA violations, 39% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 60% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 27), and it ranks #4,039 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)
27 Lower than most fewer violations than 60% 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. 12 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/5/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/5/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/5/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/5/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/5/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/5/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/5/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/5/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/5/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/5/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/5/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/5/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/5/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/5/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/5/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/5/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/5/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/5/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Southside Water Works
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for AL0000591.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
27 violations · 12,327 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Southside Water Works
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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