Water Utility

Citizens Water Service, Inc.

Location Brookwood, Alabama,
AL
Serves 11,670
Source Purchased surface water
PWS ID AL0001293

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.26 ppb No Legal Limit
21x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 590.3 ppb No Legal Limit
2.8x
EWG's Health Guideline:
210 ppb

Chlorite

Potential Effect: change in blood chemistry
This Utility: 484.4 ppb Legal Limit: 1000 ppb
9.7x
EWG's Health Guideline:
50 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 3.07 ppb No Legal Limit
7.7x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 29.9 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
299x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 34.2 ppb No Legal Limit
570x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.505 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
3.6x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb
This Utility: 0.51 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
3.6x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.51 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
10x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 31.4 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
209x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb
This Utility: 0.038 ppt No Legal Limit
This Utility: 17 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb

Chromium (hexavalent)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0356 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb
This Utility: 0.235 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 0.594 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 0.0254 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 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 6 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+1 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 9 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+5 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
Chlorate*
Chlorite
Chloroform
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Other Contaminants Detected
4-Androstene-3,17-dione*
Barium
Chromium (hexavalent)*
Fluoride
Manganese
Strontium*

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