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Community Water System · PWS AL0001380

Eldridge Water System

Operator location Eldridge, Alabama - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 93 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,674 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,674
People served (this PWS)
93
EPA violations (this PWS)
10
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Eldridge Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third

93 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,022 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Eldridge Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (93), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,674 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#15,022 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#382 of 487
Population · AL
93
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.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
558
County
Walker
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
10
Monitoring Violations
75
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 10 2007
Coliform (TCR) MR 5 1992
TTHM MR 3 2007
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 3 1996
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 1996
Xylenes, Total MR 3 1996
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 3 1996
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 1996
Vinyl chloride MR 3 1996
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 3 1996
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 3 1996
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 3 1996
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 3 1996
CHLOROBENZENE MR 3 1996
Ethylbenzene MR 3 1996
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 1996
Benzene MR 3 1996
Toluene MR 3 1996
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 3 1996
Styrene MR 3 1996
Tetrachloroethylene MR 3 1996
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 1996
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 3 2007
Trichloroethylene MR 3 1996
Carbon tetrachloride MR 3 1996
Lead and Copper Rule MR 1 2013

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Eldridge Water System has 93 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 93), and it ranks #15,022 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)

93 Around the middle fewer violations than 28% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Eldridge Water System

93 violations on record for AL0001380; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

93 violations · 1,674 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.

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Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

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What to do with Eldridge Water System

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Alabama compares on the same EPA violation measures. Alabama systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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