Grove Hill Water Works, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.1 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Grove Hill Water Works serves about 5,280 people through 1,760 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 groundwater, in Clarke County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000255; phone on file: 251-275-3153. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Grove Hill Water Works's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (3.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grove Hill Water Works is 7.1 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 6 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 6.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Grove Hill Water Works's 4.1 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Alabama and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Clarke County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Grove Hill Water Works. 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) |
| 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 |
| Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of | 534 | 5.7 ppb |
Next steps for Grove Hill, AL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Grove Hill, 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 Grove Hill Water Works whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2200 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.