Community Water System · PWS AL0001505
Big Wills Water & Fire Pro Authority
Operator location Attalla, Alabama - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 232 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,301 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,301
- People served (this PWS)
- 232
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Big Wills Water & Fire Pro Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
232 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 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,540 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Big Wills Water & Fire Pro Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (232), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,301 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,540 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #354 of 487
- Population · AL
- 232
- 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
- 767
- County
- Etowah
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 219
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 9 | 2009 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2021 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Dalapon | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Diquat | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Endothall | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2012 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Big Wills Water & Fire Pro Authority has 232 recorded EPA violations, 87% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 13% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 232), and it ranks #12,540 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)
232 Higher than most more violations than 87% 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 Big Wills Water & Fire Pro Authority
232 violations on record for AL0001505; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
232 violations · 2,301 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Big Wills Water & Fire Pro Authority
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