Is Hartselle, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Hartselle 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 Hartselle Utility Board, 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 Hartselle’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Hartselle Utility Board
Alabama · serves 22,233 people · about 2,600 in Hartselle
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
NE Morgan Co., Water & Sewer Authority
Alabama · serves 26,352 people · about 390 in Hartselle
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Decatur, Municipal Ub of
Alabama · serves 77,103 people · about 160 in Hartselle
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 69 mg/L (4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Hartselle
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Hartselle, 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 7 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical National Decatur
Decatur, AL · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
Limestone County Bacteriological Laboratory
Athens, AL · about 26 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 Hartselle
Which ZIP codes are in Hartselle: 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 Hartselle
Other towns in Morgan County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Hartselle Utility Board’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