Beulah Utilities District, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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
Beulah Utilities District serves about 10,389 people through 3,463 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 Lee County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000180. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.2 ppb from 3.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beulah Utilities District is 3.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.56 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. Beulah Utilities District's 1 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Alabama and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lee County
5 other systems share Lee County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Beulah Utilities District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Auburn, The Ww Board Of The City Of | 74,292 | 0.47 ppb |
| Opelika, Ww Bd. Of The City Of | 56,520 | 0.52 ppb |
| Smiths Water & Sewer Authority | 33,555 | 0.51 ppb |
| Loachapoka Water Authority | 14,964 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beauregard Water Authority | 12,684 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Valley, 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 Beulah Utilities District 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.