Is Good Hope, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Good Hope 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 Good Hope’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Cullman County Water Department
Alabama · serves 57,006 people · about 330 in Good Hope
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Cullman
Alabama · serves 36,741 people · about 180 in Good Hope
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
East Cullman Water System
Alabama · serves 13,284 people · about 170 in Good Hope
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.91 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Johnsons Crossing Water System
Alabama · serves 3,570 people · under 100 in Good Hope
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.9 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Hanceville, the Ww & Sb of the
Alabama · serves 6,042 people · under 100 in Good Hope
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.1 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: hard, 164 mg/L (9.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Good Hope
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Good Hope, 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 30 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical National Decatur
Decatur, AL · about 35 miles
Certified for bacteria
Albertville Bacteriological laboratory
Albertville, AL · about 42 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 Good Hope: 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 Good Hope
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