Bayou La Batre, The Ub Of The City Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Bayou La Batre, The Ub Of The City Of serves about 8,100 people through 2,700 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Mobile County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000957; phone on file: 251-824-2172. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Bayou La Batre, The Ub Of The City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bayou La Batre, The Ub Of The City Of is 6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 6 ppb |
Against other Alabama systems
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. Bayou La Batre, The Ub Of The City Of's 1.2 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Alabama and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Mobile County
13 other systems share Mobile County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bayou La Batre, The 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile, Bd. Of W&S Comm. Of The City Of | 279,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Mobile County Water & Fire Pro Authority | 39,573 | 1.6 ppb |
| South Alabama Utilities Water System | 39,249 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prichard Water Works Board | 29,190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saraland, Bd Of W&S Commissioners | 13,827 | 8.4 ppb |
| Grand Bay Water Works Board | 11,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| St. Elmo-Irvington Water Authority | 10,284 | 1.2 ppb |
| Satsuma, The Wwb Of The City Of | 7,248 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kushla Water District | 6,294 | 1.6 ppb |
| Turnerville Water & Fire Pro District | 5,991 | 2.1 ppb |
Next steps for Bayou La Batre, AL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bayou La Batre, AL may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bayou La Batre, The 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.