Henry County Water Authority

Water Quality Snapshot: Henry County Water Authority

Henry County Water Authority is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 11,625 residents in Abbeville, Alabama (Henry County) through 3,634 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 578 total violations for this system , of which 7 (1%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 563 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, recorded in 13 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%).

Henry County Water Authority's 578 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.