Is Holt, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
Tuscaloosa Water & Sewer serves Holt. In EPA’s and Alabama’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit, and 2 health-based violations since 2016.
The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 38.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
The water from Tuscaloosa Water & Sewer is soft, 36 mg/L (2.1 grains per gallon). How Alabama’s water compares.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Holt
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Holt, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Pace Analytical Services
Tuscaloosa, AL · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
Safety Environmental Services
Pelham, AL · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
Living Water Services
Alabaster, AL · about 40 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 Holt
Which ZIP codes are in Holt: 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 Holt
Other towns in Tuscaloosa County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Tuscaloosa Water & Sewer’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water