CROSSVILLE WATER BOARD P.O. BOX 157 CROSSVILLE, AL 35962 256-528-7163
2025 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
We are pleased to provide you with this year’s Annual Quality Water Report. We want to keep you informed about the excellent water and services we have delivered to you over the past year. Our goal is and always has been to provide to you a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Our water source is a well (ground water) and we purchase water from Collinsville Water Board, Northeast Alabama Water, Sewer and Fire Protection District and Water Works Board of Section. Our well draws water from the Pottsville aquifer. Water from Collinsville and Northeast is drawn from the Albertville Water Board which comes from Short Creek near Lake Guntersville State Park, which is a tributary of the Tennessee River (surface water). Section water is drawn from the Tennessee River. Our well water treatment consists of aeration, sedimentation and pressure sand filtration, the addition of lime for pH adjustment and chlorine for disinfection. Albertville Treatment process consists of potassium permanganate for the removal of iron and manganese, alum as a coagulant aid, chlorine for disinfection, lime for pH adjustment and activated carbon for the removal of taste and odor. The water flows through flocculates, settling basins and caustic flocculation, sedimentation and filtration with chemical additions. Section water treatment is mixing, flocculation, sedimentation and filtration with chemical additions at various points within the process.
This report shows our water quality and what it means. If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water utility, pleasecontact Brent Smith, Chairman, 256-528-2229 or you may contact our office at 256-528-7163. Our board meetings are held on the second Monday of each month beginning at 5:00 pm, in our office at 14454 Alabama Highway 68.
Crossville Water Board routinely monitors for constituents in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The table enclosed shows the results of our monitoring for the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. All drinking water, including bottle water, may be reasonable expected to contain at least small amounts of some constituents. It is important to remember that the presence of these constituents does not necessarily pose a health risk. In the table you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with. To help you better understand these terms we are providing the definitions below.
More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s safe drinking water hotline at 1-800-426-4791. Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, or with HIV/Aids or immune system disorders, some elderly and infants can be at risk to infections. These people should seek advice from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from Safe Drinking Water Hotline. Please call our office if you have questions.
Non-Detect (ND) – laboratory analysis indicates that the constituent is not present. Not Required (NR) –laboratory analysis not required due to waiver. Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/1) – one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000. Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter – one part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000. Parts per trillion (ppt) or Nanograms per liter (nanograms/1) – one part per trillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000 years or a single penny in $10,000,000,000. Parts per quadrillion (ppq) or picograms per liter (picograms/1) – one part per quadrillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000,000 years or one penny in $10,000,000,000,000. Picocuries per liter (pCi/1) – picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water. Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) –nephelometric turbidity unit is a measure of the clarity of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable to the average person.
Action Lever – the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.
Treatment Technique (TT) – A treatment technique is a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. Maximum Contaminant Level – the “Maximum Allowed” (MCL) is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology. Maximum Contaminant Level Goal – the “Goal” (MCLG) is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) – the level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) – the highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary of control of microbial contaminants.
Our system completed the Source Water Assessment Program in 2000. Information of all contaminant sources to which the water system’s source water is susceptible and susceptibility rating of the contaminant sources can be provided. A map indicating SWAA I and II and showing the location of the contaminant sources identified in the inventory are available in our office. Individual members of the public may review all assessment documents during normal business hours of operation at the office. We are happy to report that all susceptibility sources on our system are rated at the lowest level by Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
Based on a study conducted by ADEM with the approval of the EPA a statewide waiver for the monitoring of asbestos and dioxin was issued. Thus, monitoring for these contaminants was not required.
If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. Crossville Water Board is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods and steps you take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.