Blount County Water Authority, 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
Blount County Water Authority serves about 19,074 people through 6,358 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 Blount County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001783; phone on file: 205-625-5100. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Blount County Water Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blount County Water Authority is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 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. Blount County Water Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 48th percentile in Alabama and the 38th 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 Blount County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blount County Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oneonta, Ub Of The City Of | 19,971 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Bluff Water Authority | 6,330 | 1 ppb |
| Snead Water Works, Town Of | 6,111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blountsville, The Ub Of The Town Of | 4,266 | 1.6 ppb |
| Cleveland Water Works | 3,516 | 1 ppb |
| Nectar, Town Of | 3,288 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hayden Water Works | 2,631 | 0 (not detected) |
| Remlap Pine Mtn Water Authority | 2,616 | 0 (not detected) |
| Allgood Water Works, Town Of | 861 | 1.15 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Blount County Water Authority'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 Blount County Water Authority 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.