Fayette Co., Water Coord. & F. P. A., AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 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.
Who runs the water here
Fayette Co., Water Coord. & F. P. A. serves about 4,386 people through 1,462 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 surface water, in Fayette County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000594; phone on file: 205-932-6441. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fayette Co., Water Coord. & F. P. A. is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Fayette Co., Water Coord. & F. P. A.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 29th percentile in Alabama and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Fayette County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Fayette Co., Water Coord. & F. P. A.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fayette Water Works Board | 8,142 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berry, Town Of | 4,887 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Allen Water Department | 1,500 | 1.9 ppb |
| Belk Water System | 894 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Fayette, AL
Look up your address in Fayette Co., Water Coord. & F. P. A.'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 Fayette Co., Water Coord. & F. P. A. 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.