Lake Tuscaloosa as our primary source of water needs to be protected by every  

individual who drinks the water!!!

 Several tips to help protect our source water are:  

■ Recycle and dispose of used oil, paints, etc. properly by calling Recycled Oil Saves

   Energy (ROSE) for oil at 348-4878.

■ Reduce the polluted run-off of septic tanks by having the tanks serviced and pumped

   out regularly.

■ Reduce the polluted run-off of herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, and etc. by not    

   over applying or applying when it is going to rain.  

■ Adopt-a-stream or creek segment and help to restore and preserve. 

■ If you see someone dumping pollutants or anything into any of the lakes, please call  

   the City of Tuscaloosa Lakes Division Manager at (205) 759-2316 or the Ed Love

   Water Plant at (205)349-0247. Be prepared to give location and description of incident.

Lake Tuscaloosa is Tuscaloosa ’s primary surface water supply source.  Lake Tuscaloosa is a 5,885-acre impoundment of North River and several major creeks.  This beautiful man-made lake holds about 40 billion gallons of clear water.    Lake Nicol and Harris Lake are alternate sources of water.   Currently, Harris Lake is used for industrial water.   

The City has completed the Source Water Assessment and has published the data.  A copy may be viewed at the City of Tuscaloosa Water & Sewer Department’s Office at 2201 University Blvd. , 2^nd floor.    It is important that our water customers and others understand the impact they have on the quality of their source water and ultimately, their drinking water.