Community Water System · PWS AL0001764
Cwm Water Authority
Operator location Dickinson, Alabama - 45% of 467 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,749 served per SDWIS.
- 1,749
- People served (this PWS)
- 467
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 211
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cwm Water Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
45% of 467 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 45% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #14,709 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cwm Water Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (467), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,749 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 45% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,709 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #376 of 487
- Population · AL
- 467
- Total EPA violations on record
- 45%
- 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
- 583
- County
- Wilcox
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 211
- Monitoring Violations
- 237
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 120 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MCL | 91 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 33 | 2013 |
| Public Notice | Other | 16 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 13 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2021 |
| Endrin | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Chlordane | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cwm Water Authority has 467 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 45% of this system's own violations are health-based (211 of 467), and it ranks #14,709 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)
467 Higher than most more violations than 95% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Cwm Water Authority
211 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for AL0001764.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
467 violations · 1,749 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 Cwm Water Authority
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