Records currently available
Alabama record snapshot
These counts describe reviewed records available on Water Quality Lookup. They are not a count of every provider, city, or county in Alabama.
Reviewed profiles or limited identity records.
Local entry points, not service-area boundaries.
Guide sources reviewed September 13, 2026.
Cities
Alabama city entry points currently available
These Alabama city pages are local starting points. City boundaries and water service areas may not match, and more than one provider may serve a city.
Tuscaloosa
Start with TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER, then confirm the provider for your address.
Open TuscaloosaAuburn
Start with AUBURN WATER WORKS, then confirm the provider for your address.
Open AuburnGadsden
Start with GADSDEN WATER WORKS AND SEWER BOARD, then confirm the provider for your address.
Open GadsdenWater systems
Alabama public water systems currently available
These previews link to reviewed system profiles with identifiers, report-year context, sources, and limitations.
TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER
PWSID AL0001313 · Tuscaloosa · Latest reviewed report 2025
View system profileAUBURN WATER WORKS
PWSID AL0000804 · Auburn · Latest reviewed report 2025
View system profileGADSDEN WATER WORKS AND SEWER BOARD
PWSID AL0000577 · Gadsden · Latest reviewed report 2025
View system profileReport highlights
Three Alabama reports and the details that matter
Tuscaloosa · 2026 edition
The report title and sample periods differ
Tuscaloosa’s 2026 Annual Water Quality Report describes 2025 monitoring and separately identifies lead-and-copper and unregulated-monitoring periods. Our overview keeps those periods attached to the results.
The broad Primary Drinking Water Contaminants List overlaps the detailed tables. Its N/A and ND cells are part of that source list, without creating duplicate or inferred results.
Gadsden · 2025 report
Keep the PFAS wording in its historical context
Gadsden’s report includes PFAS discussion that describes limits as draft or proposed. That wording belongs to the document and is not a statement of current law.
The PDF also has 11 physical pages despite printed labels ending in “of 10.” Our overview uses the physical document pages when locating the tables and notes.
Auburn · 2025 report
Read the detailed tables with the quick-glance limits
Auburn’s quick-glance summary differs from its detailed tables for several entries. Our overview keeps the detailed rows and records those differences without merging or silently correcting them.
The document does not print a PWSID. Its official City of Auburn archive, publisher and ADEM system record establish the report relationship; they do not prove service to an individual property.
Continue your Alabama lookup
Use the system directory, a plain-language guide, or the methodology page for the next step.
System directory
Alabama public water systems
Browse the reviewed system profiles currently available for this state.
Browse systemsLookup guide
How to look up your drinking water system
Start with a utility bill, PWSID, state lookup tool, or official report so you can find the public water system behind a city or provider name.
Read the lookup guideReport guide
How to read a water quality report
A plain-English walkthrough of Consumer Confidence Reports, including report years, detected contaminants, legal limits, violations, and source notes.
Read the report guideData and trust
Sources, methodology, and limitations
See how records are sourced, reviewed, dated, and limited before using a summary.
Review methodologyStatewide context
Separate water-quality records from service questions
Program responsibility
ADEM handles public drinking-water quality
Alabama’s Department of Environmental Management regulates public drinking-water quality. Its consumer guidance says water rates, billing disputes and service areas are outside that authority.
Start a service question with the supplier or its governing board. For a water-quality concern, ADEM recommends contacting the supplier first and provides a complaint route when further help is needed.
Private wells
Use the well-owner and laboratory pathway
ADEM says it does not regulate individual private wells or fund their testing. Its consumer guidance directs owners to the local health department or a certified drinking-water laboratory for testing recommendations.
Confirm the laboratory’s current certification, requested analyses and collection instructions before taking a sample. A nearby public system’s annual report does not describe a private well.
Official lookup
Find an Alabama public-system record
Worked example
Find Tuscaloosa by AL0001313
ADEM’s program links Drinking Water Watch for analytical results, schedules, violations and enforcement records. The exact-ID search returns TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER, AL0001313.
Compare the full identifier and provider name before using a record. The sample-search form defaults to the last two years; check the date window when comparing it with an annual report.
- Enter AL0001313 in Water System No.
- Choose Search For Water Systems.
- Open the TUSCALOOSA WATER & SEWER result and confirm its full identifier.
- Choose the relevant record category and check its dates.
Service-line inventory
The state summary is different from a property entry
ADEM’s published inventory report lists submissions and counts of service-line material categories by system. It is useful for identifying the system’s submission, rather than determining the material of a specific connection.
Ask the utility for the inventory information associated with the property, including how an unknown material can be verified.
Official resources
Find the report and the right follow-up resource
Annual reports
Check the year inside the supplier’s document
Use the provider’s published report and read its covered period. Tuscaloosa’s 2026 title describes 2025, while Gadsden and Auburn use 2025 in their titles.
If the file is missing or difficult to read, ask the supplier for the specific reporting year and a usable copy.
Lead and PFAS
Keep each program’s purpose in view
Alabama’s school and child care lead-testing program concerns those facilities. It does not establish a free-testing offer for every household.
ADEM’s PFAS resources link monitoring and program material. Check the document and sample dates; historical health-advisory or proposed-rule wording should not be read as a new result or a current compliance finding.
Notices and contacts
Confirm the issuing supplier and affected area
For an interruption or drinking-water notice, check the supplier’s latest message, effective dates and affected service area. Ask how to receive alerts that cover your connection.
An annual report or inventory summary does not establish today’s advisory status. ADEM’s consumer guidance provides the water-quality complaint pathway.
Common questions
Questions about Alabama water records
Inventory scope
Does the state inventory show my pipe material?
The published summary gives system submissions and material-category counts. Ask the supplier for the entry associated with the property and how unknown information is checked.
Record consistency
Should the quick-glance table replace the detailed one?
Auburn’s report has differences between those presentations. Our overview keeps the source-specific differences visible and preserves the detailed rows rather than combining conflicting cells.
Where to ask
Can ADEM settle a billing or service-area dispute?
ADEM’s consumer guidance distinguishes its water-quality authority from rates, billing and service-area questions. Contact the supplier or its governing board about those service issues.
Official sources
Official sources for Alabama
Use Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the official sources below to verify system identity, record dates, and current notices before relying on a summary.
Statewide sources
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
State data
State data
State data
State data
State data
PWSID AL0001313 · Sources for this system
City of Tuscaloosa
PWSID AL0000577 · Sources for this system
Gadsden Water Works and Sewer Board
Utility report
PWSID AL0000804 · Sources for this system
Water Works Board of the City of Auburn
Utility report
Utility website