Jackson County Water Quality

Name: Jackson County Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Jackson County, Alabama: one city report built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)SCOTTSBORO WATER SEWER & GB2,000 ng/L EPA health advisory (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA3.7 ng/L

SCOTTSBORO WATER SEWER & GB3.7 ng/LSample date: 2023-01-26 to 2025-12-22

Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)SCOTTSBORO WATER SEWER & GBNo federal or state limit; shown for transparency9.8 ng/L

SCOTTSBORO WATER SEWER & GB9.8 ng/LSample date: 2023-01-26 to 2025-12-22

29 substances tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: SCOTTSBORO WATER SEWER & GB

11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
Lead (90th percentile)
Lithium
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

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Cities ranked by the records

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ScottsboroSCOTTSBORO WATER SEWER & GB
PFAS detected, within limit
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Showing 1 of 1 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Jackson CountyPFAS detected in 1 of 1 city; none above a federal limit

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in Alabama

Lead

0of 1 city above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in Alabama

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

ScottsboroSCOTTSBORO WATER SEWER & GB · AL0000729
22,200 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Jackson County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Jackson County by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is Scottsboro's main water system: SCOTTSBORO WATER SEWER & GB · PWSID AL0000729 · Purity Score 100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Jackson County cities have PFAS above the federal limit?

None of the 1 Jackson County cities on record had a regulated PFAS above the 2024 federal limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 1.

Is there lead in Jackson County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 0 of 1 Jackson County cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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