Ft Mitchell Water System, Inc., 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.
Who runs the water here
Ft Mitchell Water System, Inc. serves about 14,400 people through 4,800 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 Russell County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001137; phone on file: 334-855-4703. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.3 ppb from 2.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ft Mitchell Water System, Inc. is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
Against other Alabama systems
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. Ft Mitchell Water System, Inc.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 46th percentile in Alabama and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Russell County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ft Mitchell Water System, Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Phenix City Utilities | 44,712 | 0 (not detected) |
| Russell County Water Authority | 17,577 | 1.3 ppb |
| Hurtsboro Water & Sewer Board | 987 | 0.96 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Ft Mitchell Water System, Inc.'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 Ft Mitchell Water System, Inc. 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.