Is Coosada, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Coosada has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records.
Elmore Water & Sewer Authority, 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 Elmore Water & Sewer Authority is soft, 50 mg/L (2.9 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 Coosada’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Elmore Water & Sewer Authority
Alabama · serves 13,680 people · about 730 in Coosada
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, 50 mg/L (2.9 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Tri Community Water System
Alabama · serves 11,832 people · about 190 in Coosada
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 19 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: soft, 8.7 mg/L (0.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Millbrook Utilities
Alabama · serves 5,451 people · about 180 in Coosada
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 18.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: soft, 15 mg/L (0.9 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Coosada
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Coosada, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Prattville Branch Laboratory
Prattville, AL · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria
Montgomery Industrial Waste Laboratory
Montgomery, AL · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
Five Star Filter Plant Bacteriological Laboratory
Wetumpka, AL · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 AlabamaWhich ZIP codes are in Coosada: 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.
Near Coosada
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Elmore Water & Sewer Authority’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