Cullman, City Of, 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.
Who runs the water here
Cullman, City Of serves about 36,741 people through 12,247 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 Cullman County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001786; phone on file: 256-775-7211. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Cullman, City Of's lead record
That is down 1.37 ppb from 1.37 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cullman, City Of is 2.88 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.37 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.88 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.4 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. Cullman, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 51st percentile in Alabama and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Cullman County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cullman, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cullman County Water Department | 57,006 | 0 (not detected) |
| V.A.W. Water System, Inc | 17,466 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Cullman Water System | 13,284 | 0.91 ppb |
| Hanceville, The Ww & Sb Of The City Of | 6,042 | 1.29 ppb |
| Joppa Hulaco & Ryan Water Authority | 5,220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Johnsons Crossing Water System | 3,570 | 2.9 ppb |
| Walter Water Authority | 1,317 | 0.89 ppb |
| Garden City Water Department | 798 | 4.7 ppb |
| Cullman, The Utilities Board Of The City | 32 | 1.3 ppb |
Next steps for Cullman, AL
Look up your address in Cullman, City Of'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 Cullman, 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.