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Town of Alford

What EPA’s and Florida’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
497 people
Connections
215
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Alford, FL
County
Jackson
Owner
Local government
The 2 ZIP codes it serves

32420, 32431

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2008 to 2023.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, chromium (total), fluoride, arsenic and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): Florida’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 26, 2020 to Oct. 8, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

2.2ppb

90th percentile, 2023

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 2.2 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

14.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024, one sample: 1.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 14.2 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.8 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.2 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.52ppm

Highest sample; found in 8 of 8

2024 average: 0.41 ppm

The highest sample, in 2022, was 0.52 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.41 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.62 ppm, in 2014.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.7 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. Its highest single sample was 3.0 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.2 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.085ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.085 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.09 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 5 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, chromium (total), fluoride, arsenic and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are Florida’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Town of Alford’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Florida’s results run from Aug. 26, 2020 to Oct. 8, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Town of Alford’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Florida certifies.

The 3 labs Florida certifies closest to the area Town of Alford serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Bay County Laboratory Services

    Panama City, FL · about 35 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (850) 872-4134

  • The Water Spigot

    Panama City, FL · about 35 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (850) 871-1900

  • Analytical Services Corporation

    Niceville, FL · about 64 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (850) 678-5313

Florida Department of Health Bureau of Public Health Laboratories: Coliform and E. coli testing for private wells at the Jacksonville and Miami labs. Collection kits come from your county health department, and the sample has to reach the lab on ice the same day it is collected. $40 for private testing through the state lab. Well Water Testing, Florida Department of Health.

All 212 certified labs for Florida

Sources

PWSID FL1320011. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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