Georgiana, The Ww&Sb Of The City Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.84 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 Georgiana, The Ww&Sb Of The City Of
Georgiana, The Ww&Sb Of The City Of serves about 2,889 people through 963 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 Butler County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000123; phone on file: 334-376-2555. 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 (0.24 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Georgiana, The Ww&Sb Of The City Of is 0.84 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.84 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.24 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.44 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. Georgiana, The Ww&Sb Of The City Of's 0.84 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Alabama and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Butler County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Georgiana, The Ww&Sb Of The City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Butler County Water Authority | 14,052 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greenville Water Works | 9,336 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mckenzie Water Board | 1,170 | 3.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Georgiana, 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 Georgiana, The Ww&Sb Of The City 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.