- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found none.
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0.57 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, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). 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
What EPA records show for Athens Utilities
EPA AL0000824 · serves Athens, AL · about 43,431 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
Athens Utilities (EPA AL0000824)
What EPA records show for Athens Utilities, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Chlorine dioxide, Dec 2025–Dec 2025 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0.57 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, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). 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 none.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
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 Athens Utilities use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Athens Utilities'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)