Water quality · ZIP 36830
Water quality in Auburn (AL), AL
ZIP 36830 (Alabama) — water quality summary sourced from EPA SDWIS. Data lands this week as the EPA SDWIS ingestion pipeline rolls out.
Last verified 2026-04-26 · methodology
What lands here
Pages show the CWS serving the address, any health-based violations in the last 3 years, most recent lead and copper sampling result, and a link to the primary SDWIS record.
Source & refresh
EPA SDWIS. Refreshed quarterly (federal mandate). Stale data is flagged, never silently served. Primary source →
Limitations specific to this source
Where a ZIP is served by multiple water systems, zipradar shows the dominant CWS by population served and lists alternates. Private well water is not covered.
Alabama context
Tornado risk + rural water systems
Alabama sits in Dixie Alley with peak tornado activity in March-April. Coastal Mobile/Baldwin counties also carry FEMA-mapped storm-surge zones. Many rural water systems serve <500 connections, making EPA SDWIS compliance variability higher than in metro counties.
See Alabama state page for the full state-level rollup across all 12 dimensions.
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Full dashboard for ZIP 36830
Water quality is one of twelve dimensions zipradar federates per address. See the full federated summary for ZIP 36830:
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