- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 6.
- Lithium: found in 4 of 8 samples, average 5.61 µg/L, highest 12.7 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2023–Sep 2024)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 8 samples, average 1.2 ppt, highest 6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2023–Sep 2024)
Public EPA test results
What EPA records show for Warrior River Water Authority
EPA AL0000763 · serves Bessemer, AL · about 38,700 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
Warrior River Water Authority (EPA AL0000763)
What EPA records show for Warrior River Water Authority, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, TTHM, Jul 2024–Nov 2024 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 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, 2024–Dec 31, 2026). 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 6.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Warrior River Water Authority use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Warrior River Water Authority's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)