Central Alabama Water System
Central Alabama regional service area
Population reference
585,000 people (EPA SDWIS active CWS PWS AL0000738)
Billing detail
Partial public detail found
Official destination
Open provider website ↗Provider-specific findings
Billing and account research from public material
Provider-specific research notes are displayed separately from fields that contain only an unavailable-information marker. Read qualifiers in each note and verify current account terms with the provider.
- Billing frequency
- Monthly; the account statement controls the billing period.
- Rate structure
- Residential three-tier inclining-block volumetric rate structure with fixed/account charges; 2026 rates are effective January 1, 2026. Rates remained at the 2025 level under the published 2026 budget notice.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Central Alabama Water's reviewed rate materials focus on potable-water charges; sewer may be provided or billed by a separate local authority. No universal winter-average or clean-water-to-sewer formula was exposed for this regional CWS.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
43%
overview fields with research notes
Alabama
35%
records with any overview detail
National index
50%
records with any overview detail
Coverage measures what this directory documented. It does not measure service quality, affordability, or regulatory compliance.
Research record
Partial public detail found
3 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
43%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- Residential cost reference
- Meter reading
- New-account deposit
- Activation or transfer fee
“Not confirmed” means the directory did not identify a dependable public statement. It does not mean the provider has no policy or option.
Primary verification routes
- Central Alabama Water System public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (AL0000738) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID AL0000738.