Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.7 ppb (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. 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.
About Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of
Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of serves about 534 people through 178 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 Clarke County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000254; phone on file: 334-636-4424. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 5.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of is 5.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.7 ppb |
| 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. Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of's 5.7 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Alabama and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Clarke County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board | 11,715 | 0 (not detected) |
| Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board | 6,897 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grove Hill Water Works | 5,280 | 4.1 ppb |
| Old Line Water System | 5,145 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coffeeville Utiliies Board | 2,730 | 11 ppb |
| Mid-Central Water Authority | 2,325 | 1 ppb |
| North Clarke Water Authority | 984 | 2.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fulton, 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 Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.