Is FLORENCE WATER DEPARTMENT, CITY OF Water Safe to Drink in 2026?
Alabama · PWSID AL0000783 · Surface water
Population served
77,766
Cities served
FLORENCE
State / jurisdiction
Alabama (AL)
PWSID
AL0000783
F
TAP WATER GRADE
High risk
Model score 0/88 from violations, PFAS profile, and monitoring signals — not a laboratory test of your faucet.
14 violation record(s) in the latest EPA SDWA quarterly snapshotPFAS above EPA MCL (UCMR5 regulated compounds)
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CONTAMINANTS — EPA UCMR5 MONITORING
Compound
Level (ppt)
EPA limit
Health guideline
Status
PFOSregulated
17.0
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFOAregulated
9.7
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFBA
9.7
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFBS
5.1
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHxA
3.2
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
Source: EPA UCMR5 · ppt = parts per trillion · MCL = enforceable limit for regulated PFAS
VIOLATIONS HISTORY (FEDERAL SNAPSHOT)
EPA’s national SDWA quarterly files associate 14 violation-related records with this system in the same reporting quarter as the utility snapshot used on WaterCheckup. This is not a complete historical docket — see ECHO and SDWIS for full compliance context.
Based on FLORENCE WATER DEPARTMENT, CITY OF's monitoring and violation profile, here are vetted filtration options — same picks framework as our city reports.
TOP PICKS FOR FLORENCE WATER DEPARTMENT, CITY OF
⚠ EPA violations / contaminants in monitoring data
WHY THIS FOR FLORENCE WATER DEPARTMENT, CITY OF · Chosen for FLORENCE WATER DEPARTMENT, CITY OF because PFAS was detected at 17 ppt in UCMR5 — above the 4 ppt limit for some regulated compounds — and this system shows 14 violation record(s) in the latest federal snapshot. RO removes 99%+ of PFAS at the tap.
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