Water Utility

Spanish Fort Water System

Location Spanish Fort, Alabama,
AL
Serves 10,161
Source Purchased surface water
PWS ID AL0000068

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 3.1 ppb No Legal Limit
52x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 13 ppb No Legal Limit
33x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.55 ppb No Legal Limit
5.5x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 34.6 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
346x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.29 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
5.9x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 49.9 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
333x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb
This Utility: 24.5 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
600 ppb
This Utility: 32.3 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 0.525 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 3.44 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 25.6 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0586 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.035 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 5 contaminants exceeding guidelines

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 6 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+6 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

Explore filter options for each contaminant. See which technologies are effective at reducing specific contaminants.

Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Bromodichloromethane
Chloroform
Dibromochloromethane
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Other Contaminants Detected
Aluminum
Barium
Fluoride
Lithium
Manganese
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite

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