East Cullman Water System, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.91 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About East Cullman Water System
East Cullman Water System serves about 13,284 people through 4,428 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: AL0000402; phone on file: 256-796-5828. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Cullman Water System is 3.02 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.91 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 3.02 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. East Cullman Water System's 0.91 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Alabama and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Cullman County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Cullman Water System. 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) |
| Cullman, City Of | 36,741 | 0 (not detected) |
| V.A.W. Water System, Inc | 17,466 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cullman, 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 East Cullman Water System 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.