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Community Water System · PWS AL0000663

Henry County Water Authority

Operator location Abbeville, Alabama - larger served population (> 3,309) at 11,625 people served; 578 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

11,625
People served (this PWS)
578
EPA violations (this PWS)
7
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Henry County Water Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third

11,625 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #4,209 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Henry County Water Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (578), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (11,625; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#4,209 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#115 of 487
Population · AL
578
Total EPA violations on record
1%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
3,634
County
Henry
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
7
Monitoring Violations
563
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 13 2025
Vinyl chloride MR 13 2025
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 13 2025
Carbon tetrachloride MR 13 2025
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 13 2025
Trichloroethylene MR 13 2025
Tetrachloroethylene MR 13 2025
CHLOROBENZENE MR 13 2025
Benzene MR 13 2025
Ethylbenzene MR 13 2025
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 13 2025
Xylenes, Total MR 13 2025
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 13 2025
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 13 2025
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 13 2025
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 13 2025
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 13 2025
Styrene MR 13 2025
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 13 2025
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 13 2025
Toluene MR 13 2025
BHC-GAMMA MR 9 2024
Dalapon MR 9 2024
Glyphosate MR 9 2024
Simazine MR 9 2024
Picloram MR 9 2024
Dinoseb MR 9 2024
Carbofuran MR 9 2024
LASSO MR 9 2024
2,4-D MR 9 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Henry County Water Authority has 578 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 578), and it ranks #4,209 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)

578 Higher than most more violations than 97% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 290 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFNA 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/1/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 7/1/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 7/1/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/1/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/1/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/1/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/1/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/1/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/1/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/1/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/1/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Population served record for Henry County Water Authority

EPA SDWIS lists 11,625 people served and 3,634 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

578 violations · 11,625 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

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

4 peers

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 Henry County Water Authority

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