Columbiana, The Ww Board Of The Town Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10 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.
Columbiana, The Ww Board Of The Town Of at a glance
Columbiana, The Ww Board Of The Town Of serves about 12,903 people through 4,301 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 Shelby County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001151; phone on file: 205-669-7956. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 9 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Columbiana, The Ww Board Of The Town Of is 10 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Columbiana, The Ww Board 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. Columbiana, The Ww Board Of The Town Of's 10 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Alabama and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Shelby County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Columbiana, The Ww Board 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabaster Water Department, City Of | 40,986 | 1.1 ppb |
| Shelby County Commission-Water Services | 40,101 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pelham, City Of | 38,703 | 0 (not detected) |
| Calera, The Wwb Of Te City Of | 26,982 | 0 (not detected) |
| Helena, The Ub Of The City Of | 21,300 | 1.1 ppb |
| Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board | 10,746 | 1.5 ppb |
| Bethel Water System, Inc. | 4,398 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sterrett-Vandiver Water System, Inc. | 3,252 | 1 ppb |
| Wilton Water Works | 3,000 | 2.8 ppb |
| Vincent, The Wwb Of The City Of | 2,733 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Columbiana, AL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Columbiana, 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 Columbiana, The Ww Board 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.