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Shelby County, Alabama: drinking water records

This overview covers 17 ZIP codes and 14 community water systems in Shelby County. It also stands in for 1 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.

In focus17ZIP codes in this overview
Public records. Clearer context.
9
systems in EPA's PFAS survey
6
systems where PFAS was found
5
systems at or above the PFOA or PFOS limit, on the yearly-average basis EPA uses
0
systems that have reached the lead action level
2
systems with a health-based violation since 2016

System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.

Water systems with the most complete records

Water systemPeople servedPFAS survey resultsPFAS foundHealth-based violationsLead, 9 in 10 homes at or below
Alabaster Water Department, City of AL000114840,986420811.1 ppb
Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board AL000116010,746210511.5 ppb
Shelby County Commission-Water Services AL000167140,101240802 ppb
Pelham, City of AL000116338,703420700 ppb
Calera, the Wwb of Te City of AL000115026,982120000 ppb
Helena, the Ub of the City of AL000115721,300300701.1 ppb
Columbiana, the Ww Board of the Town of AL000115112,9032100010 ppb
Bethel Water System, INC. AL00011494,39860000 ppb
Sterrett-Vandiver Water System, INC. AL00011643,252180704 ppb
Wilton Water Works AL00011723,0000002.8 ppb
Vincent, the Wwb of the City of AL00011682,7330000 ppb
Harpersville Water Board AL00011562,5500004 ppb
Wilsonville Water Works AL00011712,4150001 ppb
Little Waxie Water Authority AL00011591,3830001 ppb

ZIP reports in Shelby County

No ZIP report in this county is published yet.

These ZIP codes are covered by this overview because their utility has too little EPA data for a separate page: 35185.

Sources and scope

EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.

Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.

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