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Lead in Alabama drinking water

544 community water systems tested

2%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(11/544)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
DAPHNE, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF DAPHNE 33,372 0.0630 mg/L
DAUPHIN ISLAND WATER & SEWER DAUPHIN ISLAND 5,802 0.0370 mg/L
SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY TUSCUMBIA 5,520 0.0300 mg/L
WOODLAND WATER BOARD WOODLAND 1,527 0.0240 mg/L
OPP UTILITIES BOARD OPP 10,266 0.0219 mg/L
BINGHAM WOODS MHP CHAPEL HILL 190 0.0209 mg/L
TRIANA WATER WORKS TRIANA 7,038 0.0204 mg/L
AUTAUGAVILLE WATER WORKS AUTAUGAVILLE 1,494 0.0180 mg/L
GREENHILL WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY FLORENCE 8,214 0.0170 mg/L
DALEVILLE, THE WWSB OF THE CITY OF DALEVILLE 10,014 0.0160 mg/L
BLAWELL S/D STEDMAN 96 0.0160 mg/L
FLORALA WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD FLORALA 3,834 0.0150 mg/L
LAKE MITCHELL WATER INCORPORATED ROCKFORD 429 0.0139 mg/L
MT. VERNON, TOWN OF 1,878 0.0136 mg/L
NORTH BALDWIN UTILITIES BAY MINETTE 28,713 0.0130 mg/L
LOXLEY, CITY OF LOXLEY 10,104 0.0130 mg/L
CENTREVILLE WATER & SEWER CENTREVILLE 5,985 0.0130 mg/L
EAST CULLMAN WATER SYSTEM CULLMAN 13,284 0.0129 mg/L
DOGWOOD ACRES MH S/D REIDSVILLE 88 0.0129 mg/L
ESCAMBIA COMMUNITY UTILITIES LLC HUXFORD 1,500 0.0125 mg/L
PRATTVILLE, THE WW BOARD OF THE CITY OF PRATTVILLE 46,614 0.0124 mg/L
RED BAY, THE WATER WORKS & GAS BD RED BAY 6,048 0.0124 mg/L
MONTGOMERY WW&SSB, CITY OF MONTGOMERY 276,000 0.0121 mg/L
FORT PAYNE, THE WW BD OF THE CITY OF FORT PAYNE 25,107 0.0120 mg/L
EAST LAUDERDALE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY ROGERSVILLE 10,296 0.0120 mg/L
BAYOU LA BATRE UTILITIES BAYOU LA BATRE 8,100 0.0120 mg/L
SARALAND, BD OF W&S COMMISSIONERS SARALAND 13,827 0.0113 mg/L
CHISHOLM HEIGHTS, WATER & F P AUTHORITY FLORENCE 4,881 0.0110 mg/L
KNIGHT`S LANDING S/D OAK RIDGE 117 0.0107 mg/L
GORDO WATER GAS & SEWER BOARD GORDO 3,630 0.0106 mg/L
US ARMY GARRISON-REDSTONE ARSENAL REDSTONE ARSENAL 44,472 0.0104 mg/L
WEDOWEE WATER SEWER & GAS BOARD WEDOWEE 7,782 0.0101 mg/L
CENTRAL TALLADEGA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT ALPINE 3,600 0.0101 mg/L
BELFOREST WATER SYSTEM DAPHNE 17,268 0.0100 mg/L
SULLIGENT, CITY OF SULLIGENT 2,643 0.0100 mg/L
OHATCHEE WATER SYSTEM OHATCHEE 1,680 0.0100 mg/L
RUTLEDGE, TOWN OF RUTLEDGE 789 0.0100 mg/L
AUTUMN RIDGE S/D OAK RIDGE 56 0.0100 mg/L
CULLMAN, THE UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY CULLMAN 32 0.0100 mg/L
CHEROKEE WATER & GAS DEPARTMENT CHEROKEE 1,992 0.0098 mg/L
POLLARD, TOWN OF POLLARD 216 0.0097 mg/L
LAGRANGE MOUNTAIN WATER AUTHORITY LEIGHTON 1,242 0.0094 mg/L
BOAZ WATER & SEWER BOARD BOAZ 15,138 0.0094 mg/L
LANETT WATER WORKS LANETT 7,152 0.0094 mg/L
HURTSBORO WATER & SEWER BOARD HURTSBORO 1,038 0.0093 mg/L
CHANDLER MTN/GREASY COVE WATER AUTHORITY STEELE 960 0.0092 mg/L
WEST MORGAN-EAST LAWRENCE W&S AUTHORITY DECATUR 30,000 0.0092 mg/L
CULLMAN, CITY OF CULLMAN 36,312 0.0092 mg/L
LITTLEVILLE WATER WORKS RUSSELLVILLE 3,576 0.0091 mg/L
EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY WATER & FPA ROBERTSDALE 5,496 0.0090 mg/L
ROGERSVILLE WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD ROGERSVILLE 5,271 0.0090 mg/L
COFFEEVILLE UTILIIES BOARD COFFEEVILLE 2,730 0.0090 mg/L
DOZIER WATER WORKS DOZIER 498 0.0090 mg/L
SWAN CREEK COMMUNITY TANNER 324 0.0090 mg/L
STEVENSON, UTIL. BOARD OF THE TOWN OF STEVENSON 4,101 0.0089 mg/L
KINSTON, TOWN OF KINSTON 2,415 0.0089 mg/L
UNION SPRINGS (UTLTY BD OF THE CITY OF) UNION SPRINGS 3,945 0.0088 mg/L
HAYDEN WATER WORKS HAYDEN 2,631 0.0084 mg/L
TUSKEGEE, UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF TUSKEGEE 12,900 0.0084 mg/L
ROANOKE, THE UTIL. BD. OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE 7,575 0.0082 mg/L
EXCEL, TOWN OF EXCEL 3,600 0.0082 mg/L
RED LEVEL WATER WORKS RED LEVEL 855 0.0082 mg/L
PINE APPLE WATER WORKS GEORGIANA 390 0.0081 mg/L
WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY ATTALLA 6,900 0.0081 mg/L
SATSUMA, THE WWB OF THE CITY OF SATSUMA 7,248 0.0081 mg/L
SARDIS CITY WATER BOARD BOAZ 5,328 0.0080 mg/L
NE MORGAN CO., WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY SOMERVILLE 25,854 0.0080 mg/L
SLOCOMB WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD SLOCOMB 3,630 0.0080 mg/L
HODGES WATER SYSTEM HODGES 2,400 0.0080 mg/L
SUMMERDALE, WW BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SUMMERDALE 1,800 0.0080 mg/L
GARDEN CITY WATER DEPARTMENT GARDEN CITY 798 0.0080 mg/L
DETROIT WATER WORKS DETROIT 435 0.0080 mg/L
REMLAP PINE MTN WATER AUTHORITY REMLAP 2,616 0.0079 mg/L
SILVERHILL, TOWN OF SILVERHILL 2,058 0.0079 mg/L
STAR-MINDINGALL WATER AUTHORITY 1,962 0.0078 mg/L
ARLINGTON S/D RALEIGH 46 0.0078 mg/L
JACKSON WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD JACKSON 11,715 0.0077 mg/L
HARPERSVILLE WATER BOARD HARPERSVILLE 2,550 0.0076 mg/L
GURLEY WATER SYSTEM GURLEY 1,155 0.0076 mg/L
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY WATER SUPPLY DIST LANETT 32 0.0076 mg/L
THATCHER WOODS OAK RIDGE 72 0.0075 mg/L
EAST BREWTON, THE WWB OF THE TOWN OF EAST BREWTON 2,994 0.0075 mg/L
HUNTSVILLE UTILITIES WATER DEPT. HUNTSVILLE 310,107 0.0073 mg/L
ELBA, THE WW AND EB OF THE CITY OF ELBA 5,361 0.0072 mg/L
CULLMAN COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT 56,628 0.0072 mg/L
SNEAD WATER WORKS, TOWN OF 6,111 0.0071 mg/L
WALTER WATER AUTHORITY HANCEVILLE 1,317 0.0071 mg/L
OPELIKA, WW BD. OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA 56,520 0.0071 mg/L
ARAB, WATER WORKS BOARD OF THE CITY OF ARAB 39,795 0.0071 mg/L
JOHNSONS CROSSING WATER SYSTEM CULLMAN 3,594 0.0070 mg/L
WARRIOR RIVER WATER AUTHORITY BESSEMER 38,700 0.0070 mg/L
OWENS CROSSROADS WATER AUTHORITY 13,569 0.0070 mg/L
MARION COUNTY PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY GUIN 3,660 0.0070 mg/L
TOWN CREEK WATER SYSTEM TOWN CREEK 1,527 0.0070 mg/L
CAMP HILL UTILITIES BOARD CAMP HILL 1,500 0.0070 mg/L
ALLGOOD WATER WORKS, TOWN OF ALLGOOD 861 0.0070 mg/L
FIVE STAR WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT PRATTVILLE 100 0.0070 mg/L
CLAYTON WATER WORKS & SEWER CLAYTON 2,064 0.0070 mg/L
CLEBURNE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY HEFLIN 8,307 0.0069 mg/L
TUSCUMBIA WATER WORKS TUSCUMBIA 14,400 0.0069 mg/L