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Is Sheffield, AL tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Sheffield, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Sheffield has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records: Sheffield Utilities, City of Sheffield.

Sheffield Utilities, City of Sheffield, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit, 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 64.5 ppb, above the legal limit.

The water from Sheffield Utilities, City of Sheffield is moderately hard, 72 mg/L (4.2 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 Sheffield’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 Sheffield Utilities, City of Sheffield’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Sheffield

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 Sheffield, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Southern Environmental Testing

    Florence, AL · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (256) 740-5532

  • Pace Analytical National Decatur

    Decatur, AL · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (256) 350-0846

  • Limestone County Bacteriological Laboratory

    Athens, AL · about 40 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (256) 233-6445 ext. 125

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 Sheffield

Which ZIP codes are in Sheffield: 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 Sheffield

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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