Is Pike Road, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
City of Montgomery, the Ww&Ssb of the serves Pike Road. In EPA’s and Alabama’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from City of Montgomery, the Ww&Ssb of the is moderately hard, 88 mg/L (5.1 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 Pike Road
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Pike Road, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Montgomery Industrial Waste Laboratory
Montgomery, AL · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
Prattville Branch Laboratory
Prattville, AL · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria
Five Star Filter Plant Bacteriological Laboratory
Wetumpka, AL · about 24 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 AlabamaWhich ZIP codes are in Pike Road: 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 Pike Road
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Montgomery, the Ww&Ssb of the’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