Is Calera, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Calera has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records.
City of Calera, the Wwb of Te, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Alabama’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from City of Calera, the Wwb of Te is very hard, 206 mg/L (12 grains per gallon). How Alabama’s water compares.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Calera’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Calera, the Wwb of Te
Alabama · serves 26,982 people · about 5,600 in Calera
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, 206 mg/L (12 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Chilton Water Authority
Alabama · serves 27,681 people · under 100 in Calera
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: hard, 148 mg/L (8.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Calera
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Calera, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Living Water Services
Alabaster, AL · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria
Safety Environmental Services
Pelham, AL · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
Sutherland Environmental Testing Laboratory
Birmingham, AL · about 28 miles
Alabama Department of Public Health: Bacteria testing for private wells. Call your county health department to have an environmentalist collect the sample, or collect it yourself in a container from the county health department; there may be a collection fee and a testing fee. Well Water, Alabama Department of Public Health.
All 64 certified labs for AlabamaZIP codes in Calera
Which ZIP codes are in Calera: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: ADEM, certified bacteriological, chemical and PFAS drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
What to do next
- Read City of Calera, the Wwb of Te’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water