Albertville, Municipal Ub Of The City Of, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Albertville, Municipal Ub Of The City Of serves about 29,367 people through 11,020 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Marshall County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000933; phone on file: 256-878-3761. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Albertville, Municipal Ub Of The City Of is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 542 Alabama systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 1 are over 15 ppb right now and 11 have gone over at some point. Albertville, Municipal Ub Of The City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 50th percentile in Alabama and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Marshall County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Albertville, Municipal Ub Of The City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Arab, Water Works Board Of The City Of | 39,795 | 0 (not detected) |
| Douglas Water Authority | 19,179 | 1.1 ppb |
| North Marshall Utilities | 15,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Boaz Water & Sewer Board | 15,138 | 0 (not detected) |
| Guntersville Ww & Sb | 13,374 | 0 (not detected) |
| Asbury Water System | 4,077 | 0 (not detected) |
| Union Grove Utility Board | 3,072 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swearengin Water System, Inc. | 2,598 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Albertville, AL
Look up your address in Albertville, Municipal Ub Of The City Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Albertville, Municipal Ub Of The City Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.