Blountsville, The Ub Of The Town Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Blountsville, The Ub Of The Town Of
Blountsville, The Ub Of The Town Of serves about 4,266 people through 1,422 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 Blount County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000100; phone on file: 205-429-2495. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blountsville, The Ub Of The Town Of is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
How Blountsville, The Ub Of The 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. Blountsville, The Ub Of The Town Of's 1.6 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Alabama and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Blount County
9 other systems share Blount County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blountsville, The Ub Of The Town Of. 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) |
| Blount County Water Authority | 19,074 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Bluff Water Authority | 6,330 | 1 ppb |
| Snead Water Works, Town Of | 6,111 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Blountsville, 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 Blountsville, The Ub Of The 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.