Frankville Water & Fire Pro Authority, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Frankville Water & Fire Pro Authority at a glance
Frankville Water & Fire Pro Authority serves about 945 people through 315 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001357; phone on file: 251-754-9434. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Frankville Water & Fire Pro 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 Frankville Water & Fire Pro Authority is 6.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
How Frankville Water & Fire Pro 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. Frankville Water & Fire Pro Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in Alabama and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Washington County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Frankville Water & Fire Pro Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority | 3,060 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington County Water Authority | 2,445 | 1.5 ppb |
| Millry, The Ub Of The Town Of | 2,217 | 2.7 ppb |
| Chatom, The Utilities Board Of The Town | 2,037 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fruitdale Water System | 1,809 | 1.6 ppb |
| Leroy Water Authority | 1,710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tibbie Water & Fire Protection Authority | 1,539 | 1.5 ppb |
| Deer Park-Vinegar Bend Water & Fpa | 1,467 | 1.1 ppb |
| St Stephens Water System | 735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hobson Water System | 663 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Frankville Water & Fire Pro 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 Frankville Water & Fire Pro 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.