Community Water System · PWS AL0001489
Fort Rucker -American Water Enterprises
Operator location Ft. Rucker, Alabama - larger served population (> 3,309) at 16,774 people served; 24 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 16,774
- People served (this PWS)
- 24
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Fort Rucker -American Water Enterprises standing, mid SDWIS violation third
16,774 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #3,141 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Fort Rucker -American Water Enterprises lands in the middle third by violation volume (24), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (16,774; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #3,141 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #75 of 487
- Population · AL
- 24
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- 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
- Federal
- Connections
- 3,667
- County
- Dale
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 17
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 17 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 1999 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 2 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Fort Rucker -American Water Enterprises has 24 recorded EPA violations, 36% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 63% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 24), and it ranks #3,141 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)
24 Lower than most fewer violations than 63% 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 406 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFOA | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/15/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/15/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/15/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/15/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/15/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/15/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/15/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/15/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/15/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/15/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/15/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Fort Rucker -American Water Enterprises
EPA SDWIS lists 16,774 people served and 3,667 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
24 violations · 16,774 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 Fort Rucker -American Water Enterprises
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