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Is Owens Cross Roads, AL tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Owens Cross Roads, 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.

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The short answer

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

Huntsville Utilities Water Dept., which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 9.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from Huntsville Utilities Water Dept. is moderately hard, 84 mg/L (4.9 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 Owens Cross Roads’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Huntsville Utilities Water Dept.’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Owens Cross Roads

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 Owens Cross Roads, 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 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (256) 878-3762

  • Southern Environmental Testing

    Decatur, AL · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (256) 280-2567

  • Pace Analytical National Decatur

    Decatur, AL · about 31 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (256) 350-0846

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 Owens Cross Roads

Which ZIP codes are in Owens Cross Roads: 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.

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