Is Selma, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Selma 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 Selma, the Ww and Sb of the, 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 Selma, the Ww and Sb of the is moderately hard, 105 mg/L (6.1 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 Selma’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Selma, the Ww and Sb of the
Alabama · serves 21,834 people · about 680 in Selma
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 105 mg/L (6.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Dallas County Water & Sewer Authority
Alabama · serves 4,152 people · under 100 in Selma
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 72 mg/L (4.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
North Dallas County Water Authority
Alabama · serves 8,838 people · under 100 in Selma
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.3 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: soft, 55 mg/L (3.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Selma
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Selma, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Prattville Branch Laboratory
Prattville, AL · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
Montgomery Industrial Waste Laboratory
Montgomery, AL · about 44 miles
Certified for bacteria
Five Star Filter Plant Bacteriological Laboratory
Wetumpka, AL · about 47 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 Selma: 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 Selma
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Selma, the Ww and Sb 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