Community Water System · PWS AL0001145
Russell County Water Authority
Operator location Phenix City, Alabama - UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 27 violations and 16,923 people served.
- 16,923
- People served (this PWS)
- 27
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 6 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Russell County Water Authority standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #3,117 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Russell County Water Authority lands in the middle third by violation volume (27), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (16,923; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #3,117 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #74 of 487
- Population · AL
- 27
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
6 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 5,600
- County
- Russell
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 19
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2006 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2007 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Nitrite | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Russell County Water Authority has 27 recorded EPA violations, 39% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 60% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 27), and it ranks #3,117 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)
27 Lower than most fewer violations than 60% 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. 26 of 290 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADONA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/19/2023 | 6.90 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/19/2023 | 6.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/19/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/19/2023 | 3.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/19/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/19/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/19/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/19/2023 | 5.30 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 9/19/2023 | 4.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/19/2023 | 5.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/21/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/21/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/11/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/11/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/11/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/11/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/11/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/11/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/11/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Russell County Water Authority
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS AL0001145 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
27 violations · 16,923 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 Russell County Water Authority
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