Fayetteville Water Authority, 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
Fayetteville Water Authority serves about 5,865 people through 1,955 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 Talladega County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001236; phone on file: 256-245-2750. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fayetteville Water Authority is 1 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 | 1 ppb |
How Fayetteville 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. Fayetteville Water Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Alabama and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Talladega County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fayetteville Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sylacauga Utilities Board | 24,087 | 0.58 ppb |
| Talladega Water & Sewer Dept, City Of | 20,250 | 1 ppb |
| Lincoln, City Of | 13,923 | 2.7 ppb |
| Childersburg Water & Sewer Board | 9,777 | 0 (not detected) |
| Talladega County Water Department | 4,749 | 0 (not detected) |
| Munford Water Authority, Inc. | 4,467 | 0 (not detected) |
| Central Talladega County Water District | 3,600 | 0.83 ppb |
| Sycamore Water & Sewer Authority | 1,728 | 0 (not detected) |
| Water Works, Inc. | 594 | 1.5 ppb |
| Waldo, Town Of | 426 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Fayetteville Water Authority'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 Fayetteville 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.