Brewton, The Wwb Of The City Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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 Brewton, The Wwb Of The City Of
Brewton, The Wwb Of The City Of serves about 11,430 people through 3,810 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 groundwater, in Escambia County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000555; phone on file: 251-809-1780. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Brewton, The Wwb Of The City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2019 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brewton, The Wwb Of The City Of is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 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. Brewton, The Wwb Of The City Of's 2 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Alabama and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Escambia County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brewton, The Wwb 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 |
|---|---|---|
| West Escambia Utilities, Inc. | 12,060 | 0.9 ppb |
| Mccall Water System Inc | 8,400 | 1.6 ppb |
| Freemanville Water System, Inc. | 3,414 | 3.2 ppb |
| East Brewton, The Wwb Of The Town Of | 2,994 | 3.6 ppb |
| Flomaton, Town Of | 2,409 | 0 (not detected) |
| Escambia Community Utilities Llc | 1,500 | 2 ppb |
| Riverview Water Works | 903 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pollard, Town Of | 216 | 3.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brewton, 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 Brewton, The Wwb 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.