East Lauderdale County Water Authority, AL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.64 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
East Lauderdale County Water Authority serves about 11,100 people through 3,700 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 groundwater, in Lauderdale County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001424; phone on file: 256-247-1606. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
East Lauderdale County Water Authority'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 East Lauderdale County Water Authority is 23 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.64 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 23 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 7 ppb |
| 2018 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
How East Lauderdale County Water Authority 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 Lauderdale County Water Authority's 0.64 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Alabama and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Lauderdale County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Lauderdale County Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Florence Water Department, City Of | 77,766 | 3.4 ppb |
| West Lauderdale Co, Water & Fpa | 15,681 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greenhill Water & Fire Pro Authority | 8,505 | 1.41 ppb |
| Rogersville Water Works & Sewer Board | 5,817 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chisholm Heights, Water & F P Authority | 4,881 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lexington Water Works | 3,150 | 1.25 ppb |
Next steps for Rogersville, AL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rogersville, 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 Lauderdale County Water Authority 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.