Franklin County Water Service Authority, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.8 ppb (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. 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.
Franklin County Water Service Authority at a glance
Franklin County Water Service Authority serves about 5,166 people through 1,722 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 Franklin County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001500; phone on file: 256-332-1496. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3.8 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Franklin County Water Service Authority is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.8 ppb |
| 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. Franklin County Water Service Authority's 3.8 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Alabama and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Franklin County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Franklin County Water Service Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Russellville Water Works And Sewer Board | 17,100 | 1.04 ppb |
| Phil Campbell Water Works | 7,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd | 6,048 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hodges Water System | 2,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vina Water Works Board | 1,368 | 7.4 ppb |
| Baker S/D | 187 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bailey Farms Subdivision | 181 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadow Lake S/D | 117 | 0 (not detected) |
| Olivet S/D | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Russellville, AL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Russellville, 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 Franklin County Water Service 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. 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.