Water Utility

Florala Water Works & Sewer Board

Location Florala, Alabama,
AL
Serves 3,051
Source Groundwater
PWS ID AL0000363

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 0.795 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
199x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.795 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
8x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
20x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 5.21 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
35x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb
This Utility: 103.1 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
600 ppb
This Utility: 5.85 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 0.06 ppb Legal Limit: 4 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
1 ppb
This Utility: 1.9 ppb Legal Limit: 100 ppb
This Utility: 0.0839 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 2.58 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.268 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.272 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.00325 ppm Legal Limit: 1 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 2 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 4 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+8 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

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Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Other Contaminants Detected
Aluminum
Barium
Beryllium
Chromium (total)
Fluoride
Manganese
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite
Nitrite

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