Is Rainbow City, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Rainbow City has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records.
Rainbow City, the Utilities Board of, 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 Rainbow City’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Rainbow City, the Utilities Board of
Alabama · serves 12,633 people · about 6,600 in Rainbow City
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Gadsden, the Wwsb of the
Alabama · serves 44,637 people · about 170 in Rainbow City
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 32.4 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: soft, 52 mg/L (3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Rainbow City
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Rainbow City, 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 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
Guardian Systems
Leeds, AL · about 38 miles
Certified for bacteria
Sutherland Environmental Testing Laboratory
Birmingham, AL · about 50 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 Rainbow City
Which ZIP codes are in Rainbow City: 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 Rainbow City
Other towns in Etowah County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Rainbow City, the Utilities Board of’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