Alabama
Jefferson County drinking water quality
15 active public water systems serve 875,880 people in Jefferson County. 7 are compliant, 8 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 0 carry a health flag.
Community water systems
12 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Central Alabama Water Birmingham |
653,322 | 2 | 1 | |
|
Bessemer Water Service Bessemer |
86,091 | 2 | 1 | |
|
Warrior River Water Authority Bessemer |
38,700 | 3 | 1 | |
|
Trussville, UB of the City of Trussville |
36,300 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Leeds Water Works Board Leeds |
21,300 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Irondale Water System Irondale |
10,098 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Graysville Water Board Graysville |
9,288 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Mulga Water Department Mulga |
5,991 | 1 | 1 | |
|
West Jefferson Water System, Town of Quinton |
3,243 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Brookside Water Works Brookside |
2,865 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Mpt Operating Partnership, L.p. Birmingham |
250 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Bessemer,gusc of the City of Bessemer |
32 | 0 | 0 |
Non-community systems (3: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham |
3,200 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Energy Center Water System, Alabama Powe Birmingham |
2,700 | 2 | 1 | |
|
Birmingham AL VA Medical Center Birmingham |
2,500 | 2 | 0 |
Inactive systems (62, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
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. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.