Is Riverside, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Riverside has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records.
City of Riverside, 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 City of Riverside is moderately hard, 115 mg/L (6.7 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 Riverside’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Riverside
Alabama · serves 3,864 people · about 620 in Riverside
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 115 mg/L (6.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Pell City
Alabama · serves 17,586 people · about 200 in Riverside
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 15 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: very hard, 194 mg/L (11.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Wattsville Water Authority
Alabama · serves 5,097 people · under 100 in Riverside
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard, 141 mg/L (8.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Odenville, Utillities Bd. of the
Alabama · serves 26,022 people · under 100 in Riverside
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 4.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: hard, 121 mg/L (7.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Riverside
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Riverside, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Guardian Systems
Leeds, AL · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
Sutherland Environmental Testing Laboratory
Birmingham, AL · about 33 miles
Living Water Services
Alabaster, AL · about 43 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 Riverside: 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 Riverside
Other towns in St. Clair County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Riverside’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