East Central Baldwin County Ws & Fpa, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 East Central Baldwin County Ws & Fpa
East Central Baldwin County Ws & Fpa serves about 7,254 people through 2,418 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Baldwin County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001770; phone on file: 251-942-1242. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Central Baldwin County Ws & Fpa is 13 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
How East Central Baldwin County Ws & Fpa 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. East Central Baldwin County Ws & Fpa's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 38th percentile in Alabama and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Baldwin County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Central Baldwin County Ws & Fpa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fairhope, City Of | 59,850 | 1.4 ppb |
| Foley, Utilities Board Of The City Of | 50,919 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gulf Shores, The Ub Of The City Of | 40,947 | 2.4 ppb |
| Daphne, Utilities Board Of The City Of | 33,372 | 1.7 ppb |
| North Baldwin Utilities | 28,713 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orange Beach Water Sewer And F.P.A. | 17,796 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belforest Water System | 17,268 | 1.5 ppb |
| Robertsdale, City Of | 13,242 | 1.1 ppb |
| Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpd | 12,765 | 2 ppb |
| Spanish Fort Water System, Inc. | 10,161 | 2.3 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in East Central Baldwin County Ws & Fpa'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 East Central Baldwin County Ws & Fpa 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.