Dogwood Acres Mh S/D, AL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.15 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Dogwood Acres Mh S/D
Dogwood Acres Mh S/D serves about 88 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Rockingham County, Alabama. EPA system ID: NC0279153; phone on file: 877-511-2911. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Dogwood Acres Mh S/D's lead record
That is up 2.15 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dogwood Acres Mh S/D is 20 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.15 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 20 ppb over 15 |
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. Dogwood Acres Mh S/D's 2.15 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Alabama and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Birmingham, 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 Dogwood Acres Mh S/D 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.