City water profile

Water hardness in Troy

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

Troy Utilities, City Of

AL0001124 · Groundwater · 23,523 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: 0.001 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Pike County Water Authority

AL0001120 · Groundwater · 12,021 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: 9.9e-4 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (6)

Imported violation history for Pike County Water Authority
Rule	Status	Period
Dinoseb	Resolved	Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Radium-226	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Gross Beta Particle Activity	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Radium-228	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Groundwater Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 31, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Troy has 3 published ZIP profiles across Pike County. The regional-evidence median is 91 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

The 90.5–90.5 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label. At least one estimate is marked low confidence, so observation distance and date deserve extra attention.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs

Moderately hard1 ZIP

Hard0 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

1 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: 24.9 miles
Profiles with evidence: 1/3

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 1

Observation window: Jun 24, 2019 to Jun 24, 2019.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Troy

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

36079

No estimate

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Nearest site: — mi
Confidence: —

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ZIP code

36081

Moderately Hard

90.5 PPM

Nearest site: 24.9 mi
Confidence: Low

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ZIP code

36082

No estimate

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Nearest site: — mi
Confidence: —

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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

Banks

Pike County

91 PPM median

Brundidge

Pike County

— No median

Glenwood

Pike County

— No median

Goshen

Pike County

— No median

Midway

Barbour County

91 PPM median

Webb

Houston County

102 PPM median

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Questions people ask

About water in Troy

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.