- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 7.
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 11.3 ppt, highest 50 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2024–Jun 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 6.2 ppt, highest 25 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2024–Jun 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 3.2 ppt, highest 14 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2024–Jun 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 3.2 ppt, highest 13 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2024–Jun 2025)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 3.1 ppt, highest 14 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2024–Jun 2025)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 6 samples, average 1.3 ppt, highest 8.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2024–Jun 2025)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 6 samples, average 0.70 ppt, highest 4.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2024–Jun 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1.3 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 Jul 1, 2024–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 Southside tap water? What EPA records show
EPA AL0000591 · serves Southside, AL · about 12,327 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
Southside Water Works and Sewer Board (EPA AL0000591)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Southside's main utility, Southside Water Works and Sewer Board: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AL0000591) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 7. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
What EPA records show for Southside Water Works and Sewer Board, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AL0000591) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Southside Water Works and Sewer Board (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 1.3 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 Jul 1, 2024–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.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 7.
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 Southside Water Works and Sewer Board use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Southside Water Works and Sewer Board's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.