Community Water System · PWS AL0000940
Douglas Water Authority
Operator location Douglas, Alabama - larger served population (> 3,309) at 16,632 people served; 186 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 16,632
- People served (this PWS)
- 186
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Douglas Water Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
16,632 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #3,158 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Douglas Water Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (186), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (16,632; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #3,158 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #77 of 487
- Population · AL
- 186
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- 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
- 6,393
- County
- Marshall
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 180
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2008 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Endothall | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Diquat | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Douglas Water Authority has 186 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 186), and it ranks #3,158 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)
186 Higher than most more violations than 84% 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. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:2 FTS | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/4/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/4/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/4/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/4/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/4/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/4/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/4/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/4/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/4/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/4/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/4/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/4/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/4/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/4/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/4/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/4/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/4/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/4/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 12/15/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 12/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 12/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 12/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 12/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 12/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 12/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 12/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 12/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 12/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 12/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 12/15/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 12/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 12/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 12/15/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 12/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 12/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 12/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 12/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 12/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 12/15/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Douglas Water Authority
EPA SDWIS lists 16,632 people served and 6,393 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
186 violations · 16,632 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Douglas Water Authority
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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