- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 111 ppt, highest 155 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 43.4 ppt, highest 56.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 27.5 ppt, highest 34.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 23.5 ppt, highest 32 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 22.7 ppt, highest 32.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 15.3 ppt, highest 19.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 9 ppt, highest 11.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 1 ppt, highest 4.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 2.5 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2022–Dec 31, 2024). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Gadsden tap water? What EPA records show
EPA AL0000577 · serves Gadsden, AL · about 44,637 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Gadsden, the WWSB of the City of (EPA AL0000577)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Gadsden's main utility, Gadsden, the WWSB of the City of: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AL0000577) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Gadsden, the WWSB of the City of, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AL0000577) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Gadsden, the WWSB of the City of (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 2.5 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2022–Dec 31, 2024). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Gadsden, the WWSB of the City of use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Gadsden, the WWSB of the City of's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.