- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
- Lithium: found in 1 of 10 samples, average 0.99 µg/L, highest 9.9 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2025–Dec 2025)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 4 of 10 samples, average 3 ppt, highest 13 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2025–Dec 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 10 samples, average 1.2 ppt, highest 7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2025–Dec 2025)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 2 of 10 samples, average 1.2 ppt, highest 7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2025–Dec 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 10 samples, average 0.90 ppt, highest 5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2025–Dec 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 10 samples, average 0.60 ppt, highest 5.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2025–Dec 2025)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 10 samples, average 0.50 ppt, highest 5.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2025–Dec 2025)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 10 samples, average 0.40 ppt, highest 4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2025–Dec 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, 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
Can you drink Helena tap water? What EPA records show
EPA AL0001157 · serves Helena, AL · about 21,300 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
Helena, the Ub of the City of (EPA AL0001157)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Helena's main utility, Helena, the Ub of the City of: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AL0001157) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
What EPA records show for Helena, the Ub of the City of, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AL0001157) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Helena, the Ub of the City of (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
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, 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 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 Helena, the Ub of the City of use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Helena, the Ub 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.