City water profile

Water hardness in Athens

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Athens, Alabama.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 2
Active health records: 0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Limestone County Water & Sewer Auth.

AL0000833 · Surface water · 90,900 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0019 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

13% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Violation history (4)

Imported violation history for Limestone County Water & Sewer Auth.
Rule	Status	Period
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jan 11, 2023 to Jan 12, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Mar 11, 2022 to Mar 14, 2022
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021

Athens,the Water Works Bd Of The City Of

AL0000824 · Surface water · 43,431 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 5.7e-4 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

4% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (2)

Imported violation history for Athens,the Water Works Bd Of The City Of
Rule	Status	Period
Public Notice	Unaddressed	Dec 9, 2025
Chlorine dioxideHealth-based	Archived	Dec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

City summary

What the indexed records say

Athens has 3 published ZIP profiles across Limestone County. No qualifying nearby hardness observation is available for the city.

The —–— PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs

Moderately hard0 ZIPs

Hard0 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

0 of 3 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance: — miles
Profiles with evidence: 0/3

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: unavailable to unavailable.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Athens

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

35611

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Confidence: —

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ZIP code

35613

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ZIP code

35614

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

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Other Alabama communities

Ardmore

Limestone County

— No median

Abbeville

Henry County

217 PPM median

Akron

Hale County

17 PPM median

Aliceville

Pickens County

23 PPM median

Allgood

Blount County

126 PPM median

Ashford

Houston County

103 PPM median

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Questions people ask

About water in Athens

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.