Is Sylacauga Utilities Board Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Talladega

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

163

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	Resolved	1995-10-01 → 1995-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-10-01 → 1995-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-10-01 → 1995-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-03-31

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	52.02 µg/L 65% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 84.5 µg/L	129/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	68.225 µg/L 114% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 104 µg/L	110/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	188.6 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 343 µg/L	37/42	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1328 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1380 µg/L	34/50	SYR4	2012–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	3.347 µg/L 67% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 4.04 µg/L	30/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	127.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 152 µg/L	26/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	2.665 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 4.8 µg/L	24/42	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00058 mg/L 3.9% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	21/21	LCR	2025
Fluoride	1145.5 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1250 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	23.95 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 25.1 µg/L	11/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	4.938 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.26 µg/L	8/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1279.5 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1290 µg/L	8/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Antimony, Total	0.7225 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L worst single sample: 0.7600 µg/L	4/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	0.7610 µg/L 1.5% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 0.7700 µg/L	4/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroethylene	0.4905 µg/L 9.8% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.5100 µg/L	4/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	3.522 pCi/L 23% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 3.58 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2019
Arsenic	0.6480 µg/L 6.5% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6700 µg/L	2/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	3.152 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 3.3 µg/L	2/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrite	23.3 µg/L 2.3% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 24 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2012–2019
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	0.3175 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3200 µg/L	2/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.46 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/48	SYR4	2012–2019

83 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-PF3ONSAdonaAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, TotalLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: GREEN, DAVID
Phone: 256-401-2536
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Sylacauga Utilities Board

Is Sylacauga Utilities Board tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Sylacauga Utilities Board'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 Sylacauga Utilities Board's water?

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

How many people does Sylacauga Utilities Board serve?

Sylacauga Utilities Board reports serving 24,087 people in Alabama, per its EPA record.

Has Sylacauga Utilities Board had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 163 violations on file for Sylacauga Utilities Board, of which 5 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.