Is Jemison, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Jemison has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records.
Jemison Water Works, 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 Jemison’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Jemison Water Works
Alabama · serves 4,365 people · about 400 in Jemison
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Chilton Water Authority
Alabama · serves 27,681 people · under 100 in Jemison
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: hard, 148 mg/L (8.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Jemison
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Jemison, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Living Water Services
Alabaster, AL · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
Safety Environmental Services
Pelham, AL · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria
Sutherland Environmental Testing Laboratory
Birmingham, AL · about 37 miles
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 Jemison
Which ZIP codes are in Jemison: 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 Jemison
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Jemison Water Works’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