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Is Enterprise, AL tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Enterprise, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Alabama’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving Enterprise 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 Enterprise, the Wwb of the, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Enterprise, the Wwb of the is moderately hard, 119 mg/L (7 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 Enterprise’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Enterprise, the Wwb of the’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Enterprise

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Alabama certifies.

The 2 labs Alabama certifies closest to Enterprise, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Polyenvironmental Corporation

    Dothan, AL · about 27 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (334) 793-4700

  • Houston County Regional Water Lab

    Dothan, AL · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (334) 678-2810

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 Alabama

ZIP codes in Enterprise

Which ZIP codes are in Enterprise: 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 Enterprise

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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