- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 9.
- Lithium: found in 1 of 14 samples, average 0.89 µg/L, highest 12.4 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 10 of 14 samples, average 17.5 ppt, highest 85 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 5 of 14 samples, average 7.5 ppt, highest 33 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 8 of 14 samples, average 4.6 ppt, highest 19 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 5 of 14 samples, average 4.2 ppt, highest 19 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 6 of 14 samples, average 4.1 ppt, highest 21 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 5 of 14 samples, average 3.4 ppt, highest 14 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 14 samples, average 1.1 ppt, highest 6.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 14 samples, average 0.20 ppt, highest 3.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1.1 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, 2021–Dec 31, 2023). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
- Health-based violation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, TTHM, from Jan 2026, with no return-to-compliance action in EPA records (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Alabaster tap water? What EPA records show
EPA AL0001148 · serves Alabaster, AL · about 40,986 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
Alabaster Water Department, City of (EPA AL0001148)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Alabaster's main utility, Alabaster Water Department, City of: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Alabaster Water Department, City of, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, TTHM, from Jan 2026, with no return-to-compliance action in EPA records (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 1.1 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, 2021–Dec 31, 2023). 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 9.
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 Alabaster Water Department, City of use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Alabaster Water Department, City of's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.