Ariton Water Works Board, Town Of, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About Ariton Water Works Board, Town Of
Ariton Water Works Board, Town Of serves about 1,263 people through 414 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Dale County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000416; phone on file: 334-762-2266. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Ariton Water Works Board, Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ariton Water Works Board, Town Of is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Ariton Water Works Board, Town Of compares
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. Ariton Water Works Board, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Alabama and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Dale County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ariton Water Works Board, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ozark Utilities Board | 19,965 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Rucker -American Water Enterprises | 16,774 | 1.1 ppb |
| Daleville, The Wwsb Of The City Of | 10,014 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dale County Water Authority | 7,779 | 1.2 ppb |
| Level Plains, Town Of | 3,819 | 0 (not detected) |
| Midland City Water Department | 3,300 | 1.5 ppb |
| Newton, The Ww And Sb Of The Town Of | 2,466 | 9.5 ppb |
| Napier Field Water System | 2,382 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinckard, Town Of | 1,377 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Ariton Water Works Board, Town 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 Ariton Water Works Board, Town 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.