Is Coffee County Water Authority Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Coffee

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

104

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-11-01 → 2008-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-11-01 → 2008-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-11-01 → 2008-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-11-01 → 2008-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-04-11
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-04-11
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31

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
Nitrate	220 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	36/76	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.486 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.59 µg/L	14/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.486 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.5 µg/L	14/22	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	8.254 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 8.32 µg/L	13/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0036 mg/L 24% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	2.755 µg/L 4.6% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 3.78 µg/L	11/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	2.852 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.62 µg/L	9/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	220 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	8/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Copper	11.96 µg/L 0.9% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 13 µg/L	5/15	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	9.121 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10 µg/L	4/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	1.565 pCi/L 10% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.7 pCi/L	4/5	SYR4	2016
Barium	40.9 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 42 µg/L	3/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Lithium	15.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	3/5	UCMR-5	2025
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	7.534 µg/L 126% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 6 µg/L worst single sample: 7.82 µg/L	2/49	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	370 µg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	1.8 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	1/15	SYR4	2013–2019
Xylenes, Total	0.8400 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/22	SYR4	2012–2019

87 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) AdipateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SHEARER, ANDY
Phone: 334-897-0150
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Coffee County Water Authority

Is Coffee County Water Authority tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 17 contaminants in Coffee 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 Coffee County Water Authority's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Bromodichloromethane, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Lead, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Coffee County Water Authority serve?

Coffee County Water Authority reports serving 6,180 people in Alabama, per its EPA record.

Has Coffee County Water Authority had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 104 violations on file for Coffee County Water Authority, of which 4 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.