Colbert County Rural Water System, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.52 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.
Colbert County Rural Water System at a glance
Colbert County Rural Water System serves about 13,449 people through 4,483 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 Colbert County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000314; phone on file: 256-381-2120. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Colbert County Rural Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Colbert County Rural Water System is 1.22 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.52 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.22 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. Colbert County Rural Water System's 0.52 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Alabama and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Colbert County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Colbert County Rural Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Muscle Shoals Utility Board | 22,467 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tuscumbia Water Works | 16,539 | 1.86 ppb |
| Sheffield Utilities, City Of Sheffield | 13,758 | 1.8 ppb |
| Spring Valley Water Authority | 5,520 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hawk Pride Mt Water System | 4,035 | 0 (not detected) |
| Littleville Water Works | 3,576 | 0.2 ppb |
| Cherokee Water & Gas Department | 1,992 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lagrange Mountain Water Authority | 1,242 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leighton, Wsb Of The Town Of | 1,203 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tuscumbia, 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 Colbert County Rural Water System 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.