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Bayou La Batre Utilities

At a glance

Bayou La Batre Utilities (PWSID AL0000957) is an active community water system in Mobile County, Alabama. It reports serving 8,100 people through 2,700 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

8,100

Service connections

2,700

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDAL0000957

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served8,100

Service connections2,700

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeLocal government

Primacy agencyAL state drinking water program

City servedBayou La Batre

StateAlabama

ZIP—

CountyMobile County

How does Bayou La Batre Utilities compare with other water systems in Mobile County?

By EPA's size categories, Bayou La Batre Utilities is a medium system (3,301 to 10,000 people). Mobile County has 15 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 30,761 people per system, and accounts for 1.8% of the 461,411 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Alabama, the 576 active systems average 11,028 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Bayou La Batre Utilities is about 21% above that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Alabama has 505 active community water systems, 88% of the state's 576 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 302 Alabama systems (52%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Bayou La Batre Utilities?

EPA lists Bayou La Batre Utilities as owned by a local government. The AL state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 14 of the 15 active systems in Mobile County (93%) are also owned by a local government.

Does Bayou La Batre Utilities have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2020 and January 2025. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Haloacetic acids (HAA5) (2 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved and 2 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Archived
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Archived
2023-10-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2022-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
2022-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2022-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	1,1-Dichloroethylenecode 2977	No	Resolved
2022-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Benzenecode 2990	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Ethylene dibromide (EDB)code 2946	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Methoxychlorcode 2015	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Dinosebcode 2041	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Dalaponcode 2031	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Carbofurancode 2046	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Bayou La Batre Utilities: frequently asked questions

Who runs Bayou La Batre Utilities?

Bayou La Batre Utilities (PWSID AL0000957) is a community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the AL state drinking water program.

How many people does Bayou La Batre Utilities serve?

Bayou La Batre Utilities reports serving 8,100 people through 2,700 service connections in Mobile County, Alabama.

Where does Bayou La Batre Utilities get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Bayou La Batre Utilities have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Bayou La Batre Utilities' water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the AL state drinking water program.

Where can I find Bayou La Batre Utilities' water quality report?

As a community water system, Bayou La Batre Utilities must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Mobile County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Mobile, Bd. of W&S Comm. of the City of	Mobile	279,000	Community	Surface water
Mobile County Water & Fire Pro Authority	Mobile	39,573	Community	Groundwater
South Alabama Utilities Water System	Mobile	39,249	Community	Groundwater
Prichard Water Works Board	Mobile	29,190	Community	Purchased surface water
Saraland, Bd of W&S Commissioners	Mobile	13,827	Community	Groundwater
Grand Bay Water Works Board	Mobile	11,100	Community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Bayou La Batre Utilities, PWSID AL0000957, Alabama”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/alabama/bayou-la-batre-utilities-al0000957 (data as of October 1, 2026).