Is East Point, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving East Point has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records.
Cullman County Water Department, 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.
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 East Point’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Cullman County Water Department
Alabama · serves 57,006 people · under 100 in East Point
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Cullman
Alabama · serves 36,741 people · under 100 in East Point
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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East Cullman Water System
Alabama · serves 13,284 people · under 100 in East Point
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.91 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near East Point
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to East Point, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Southern Environmental Testing
Decatur, AL · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical National Decatur
Decatur, AL · about 35 miles
Certified for bacteria
Albertville Bacteriological laboratory
Albertville, AL · about 36 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 AlabamaZIP codes in East Point
Which ZIP codes are in East Point: 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 East Point
Other towns in Cullman County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Cullman County Water Department’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