Is Covington County Water Authority Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Covington

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1996-05-01 → 1996-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1996-05-01 → 1996-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1996-05-01 → 1996-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-10-11 → 2022-11-29
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-10-11 → 2022-11-29
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-04-01 → 2022-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-04-01 → 2022-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-04-01 → 2022-06-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
TTHM	28.58 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 56.1 µg/L	109/127	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	5.41 µg/L 9% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 53.3 µg/L	96/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	373 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 380 µg/L	68/96	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0018 mg/L 12% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2023
Bromoform	9.7495 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.9 µg/L	12/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	358 µg/L 3.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 380 µg/L	12/18	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	1315 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1340 µg/L	11/18	SYR4	2013–2019
Lithium	36.9 µg/L No EPA limit set	10/14	UCMR-5	2024
Dibromochloromethane	2.648 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.88 µg/L	9/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	2.95 pCi/L 20% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 3.1 pCi/L	6/7	SYR4	2019
Bromodichloromethane	0.9290 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.9300 µg/L	3/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	54.75 µg/L 4.2% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 55 µg/L	2/18	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	15.5 µg/L 103% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 16 µg/L	2/18	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	260 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/18	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	0.8300 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Xylenes, Total	2.31 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/33	SYR4	2012–2019

88 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: CARTER, BRAGG
Phone: 334-428-2656
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Covington County Water Authority

Is Covington County Water Authority tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 16 contaminants in Covington County Water Authority's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Covington County Water Authority's water?

EPA monitoring detected TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Nitrate, Lead, Bromoform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Covington County Water Authority serve?

Covington County Water Authority reports serving 13,224 people in Alabama, per its EPA record.

Has Covington County Water Authority had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 69 violations on file for Covington County Water Authority, of which 3 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.