Cullman County Water Department, 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.
About Cullman County Water Department
Cullman County Water Department serves about 57,006 people through 19,002 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: AL0000394; phone on file: 256-734-2900. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Cullman County Water Department's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cullman County Water Department is 2 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 | 2 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 County Water Department's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 53rd percentile in Alabama and the 40th 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 County Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cullman, City Of | 36,741 | 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 County Water Department'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 County Water Department 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.