Water Utility

Beauregard Water Authority

Location Opelika, Alabama,
AL
Serves 12,270
Source Groundwater
PWS ID AL0000805

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.993 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
7.1x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb
This Utility: 0.993 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
7.1x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 2.08 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
42x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 2.88 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
19x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb
This Utility: 19.6 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0227 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.047 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb
This Utility: 0.246 ppb Legal Limit: 100 ppb
This Utility: 0.045 ppb Legal Limit: 6 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
3 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0155 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 0.0453 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.175 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 4.86 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 0.141 ppb Legal Limit: 2 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
1.2 ppb

Find a Filter

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

Carbon Filters
Filters 1 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+6 others)

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 (+9 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
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Other Contaminants Detected
Barium
Bromodichloromethane
Chloroform
Chromium (total)
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Dibromochloromethane
Fluoride
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Manganese
Mercury (inorganic)

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