Red Bay, the Water Works & Gas Bd

Water Quality Snapshot: Red Bay, the Water Works & Gas Bd

Red Bay, the Water Works & Gas Bd is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 6,048 residents in Red Bay, Alabama (Franklin County) through 2,016 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 237 total violations for this system , of which 4 (2%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 228 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2017.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is TTHM, recorded in 16 violations (MR). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Alabama, EPA tracks 562 public water systems serving 6,193,356 people, with 40,486 cumulative violations and 3,786 health-based violations on record. About 99% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 72 violations. Statewide, 157 of 306 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (51.3%).

Red Bay, the Water Works & Gas Bd's 237 violations sit above the Alabama average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.