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Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violations in Alabama

15 active public water systems in Alabama had a Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violation in the past three years. What Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U is and why it matters.

Health effects: Alpha-emitting radionuclides accumulate in bone and soft tissue, delivering sustained internal radiation doses that increase lifetime cancer risk. There is no established safe threshold for ionizing radiation. Individual contributors such as radium-226 and polonium-210 have their own MCLs; gross alpha serves as a cost-effective screening tool that triggers more specific radionuclide analysis when exceeded.

Systems with a Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Fairhope, City of
Fairhope · Baldwin County 		59,850 1 0
Enterprise, the Wwb of the City of
Enterprise · Coffee County 		48,000 2 0
South Alabama Utilities Water System
Citronelle · Mobile County 		39,249 3 0
Daphne, Utilities Board of the City of
Daphne · Baldwin County 		33,372 2 0
Selma, the WW and SB of the City of
Selma · Dallas County 		21,834 2 1
Talladega Water & Sewer Dept, City of
Talladega · Talladega County 		20,250 1 0
FT Mitchell Water System, Inc.
Russell County 		14,400 1 0
Pike County Water Authority
Troy · Pike County 		12,021 2 0
Henry County Water Authority
Abbeville · Henry County 		11,625 3 0
Brewton, the Wwb of the City of
Brewton · Escambia County 		11,430 4 1
Green Pond Water System
Green Pond · Bibb County 		8,631 3 0
Houston County Water Authority
Dothan · Houston County 		4,902 2 0
Heflin, the Water Works and Sewer Board
Heflin · Cleburne County 		4,590 6 0
North Choctaw Water & Sewer Authority
Lisman · Choctaw County 		3,450 6 0
Cwm Water Authority
Dickinson · Wilcox County 		1,749 8 0
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Alabama records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.