- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 5.
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 5 of 7 samples, average 8.9 ppt, highest 16.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Dec 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 5 of 7 samples, average 3.7 ppt, highest 5.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Dec 2024)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 7 samples, average 2.2 ppt, highest 5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Dec 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 7 samples, average 2 ppt, highest 4.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Dec 2024)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 7 samples, average 0.40 ppt, highest 3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Dec 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1.5 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.
- Health-based violation: Surface Water Treatment Rules, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, from Aug 2021, with no return-to-compliance action in EPA records (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Montevallo tap water? What EPA records show
EPA AL0001160 · serves Montevallo, AL · about 10,746 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
Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board (EPA AL0001160)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Montevallo's main utility, Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board: 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 Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Surface Water Treatment Rules, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, from Aug 2021, with no return-to-compliance action in EPA records (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 1.5 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.
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 5.
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 Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.