Daphne Utilities is the public system here, and the EWG Tap Water Database lists 8 contaminants above its health guidelines. For Daphne, the ones worth naming are 1,2,3-Trichloropropane at 0.00756 ppb against an EWG guideline of 0.0007 ppb; Chromium (hexavalent) at 0.118 ppb against an EWG guideline of 0.02 ppb; Nitrate at 0.810 ppm against an EWG guideline of 0.14 ppm. Those are exceedances of EWG's health guidelines, which are stricter than the federal legal limits — and worth treating at the tap. Dissolved contaminants in this class are what an under-sink reverse-osmosis membrane exists to reduce.
Water here comes from Daphne Utilities, which serves about 33,372 people across 11,124 service connections.
The Daphne water picture
Hardness is the dominant complaint in Lake Forest, Jubilee Farms, and the newer Hwy 181 subdivisions; whole-house softeners are the local default. Coastal humid subtropical with year-round Mobile Bay humidity; salt-air exposure on bayfront properties. Around Daphne, the reference points are Mobile Bay, Hwy 181 and the bluffs.
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