Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District serves about 32,421 people through 5,630 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 Jackson County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001796; phone on file: 256-632-2254. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District is 5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 5 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. Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District's 1.5 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Alabama and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Jackson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. Of | 35,259 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scottsboro Water Sewer & Gb | 22,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson County Water Authority | 7,968 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cumberland Mountain Water & Fpa | 5,880 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bridgeport Utilities Board | 5,505 | 0.79 ppb |
| Stevenson, Util. Board Of The Town Of | 4,101 | 0.7 ppb |
| Pisgah Water Department | 1,407 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bluff Creek Mobile Home Park | 124 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ider, 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 Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.