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Tuscaloosa Water Quality Report 2025 | Birmingham News
Tuscaloosa’s water is in top shape for 2025—zero PFAS, no violations, and lead levels below a tenth of the safety threshold. The city treated over 8 billion gallons from Lake Tuscaloosa and Lake Nicol, serving nearly 200,000 residents through two treatment plants. Rigorous federal testing found no traces of 30 PFAS compounds, including the notorious PFOA and PFOS. Turbidity had one minor glitch—blamed on equipment error, not treatment failure. Disinfection byproducts? Also clean, with averages well under limits. And while a few coliform bacteria showed up, no E. coli was detected. Plus, 13 of…
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