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Is Jacksonville, AL tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Jacksonville, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Jacksonville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records.

Jacksonville Water Works Gas and Sewer, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 100 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.

The water from Jacksonville Water Works Gas and Sewer is moderately hard, 114 mg/L (6.6 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 Jacksonville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Jacksonville

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

  • Albertville Bacteriological laboratory

    Albertville, AL · about 40 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (256) 878-3762

  • Guardian Systems

    Leeds, AL · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (205) 699-6647

  • Sutherland Environmental Testing Laboratory

    Birmingham, AL · about 63 miles

    (205) 581-9500

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 Jacksonville

Which ZIP codes are in Jacksonville: 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 Jacksonville

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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