Brookside Water Works, 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.
Brookside Water Works at a glance
Brookside Water Works serves about 2,865 people through 955 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Jefferson County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000741; phone on file: 205-674-9275. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brookside Water Works is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Brookside Water Works's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 23rd percentile in Alabama and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Jefferson County
11 other systems share Jefferson County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brookside Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Central Alabama Water | 653,322 | 1.2 ppb |
| Bessemer Water Service | 86,091 | 1 ppb |
| Warrior River Water Authority | 38,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Trussville, Ub Of The City Of | 36,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leeds Water Works Board | 21,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Irondale Water System | 10,098 | 1 ppb |
| Graysville Water Board | 9,288 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mulga Water Department | 5,991 | 1 ppb |
| West Jefferson Water System, Town Of | 3,243 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mpt Operating Partnership, L.P. | 250 | - |
Next steps for Brookside, AL
Look up your address in Brookside Water Works'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 Brookside Water Works 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.