Is McCalla, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving McCalla has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records.
Green Pond Water System, 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.
The water from Green Pond Water System is hard, 167 mg/L (9.7 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 McCalla’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Green Pond Water System
Alabama · serves 8,631 people · about 3,300 in McCalla
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard, 167 mg/L (9.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Bessemer Water Service
Alabama · serves 86,091 people · about 1,900 in McCalla
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 5.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Central Alabama Water
Alabama · serves 653,322 people · about 430 in McCalla
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 110 mg/L (6.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Helena, the Ub of the
Alabama · serves 21,300 people · about 270 in McCalla
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 7.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: hard, 168 mg/L (9.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near McCalla
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to McCalla, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Safety Environmental Services
Pelham, AL · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
Living Water Services
Alabaster, AL · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
Sutherland Environmental Testing Laboratory
Birmingham, AL · about 19 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 AlabamaWhich ZIP codes are in McCalla: 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 McCalla
Other towns in Jefferson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Green Pond Water System’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