Mobile, Bd. of W&S Comm. of the City Of

Water Quality Snapshot: Mobile, Bd. of W&S Comm. of the City Of

Mobile, Bd. of W&S Comm. of the City Of is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 279,000 residents in Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County) through 93,000 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 204 total violations for this system , of which 5 (2%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 199 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 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, recorded in 9 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%).

Mobile, Bd. of W&S Comm. of the City Of's 204 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.