Is Trinity, AL tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Trinity has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Alabama’s records.
Decatur, Municipal Ub 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.
The water from Decatur, Municipal Ub of is moderately hard, 69 mg/L (4 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 Trinity’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Decatur, Municipal Ub of
Alabama · serves 77,103 people · about 490 in Trinity
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 69 mg/L (4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Moulton Water Works Board
Alabama · serves 9,585 people · about 200 in Trinity
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 4.6 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: soft, 53 mg/L (3.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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West Morgan - East Lawrence W&S Authority
Alabama · serves 30,000 people · about 150 in Trinity
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 73 mg/L (4.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Trinity
The 3 labs Alabama certifies closest to Trinity, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Pace Analytical National Decatur
Decatur, AL · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria
Southern Environmental Testing
Decatur, AL · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria
Limestone County Bacteriological Laboratory
Athens, AL · about 16 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 Trinity: 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 Trinity
Other towns in Morgan County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Decatur, Municipal Ub 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