Hamden Ridge Water Authority, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Hamden Ridge Water Authority
Hamden Ridge Water Authority serves about 2,196 people through 732 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 Conecuh County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001516; phone on file: 251-248-2801. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hamden Ridge Water Authority's lead record
That is up 1.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hamden Ridge Water Authority is 1.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.21 ppb |
How Hamden Ridge Water 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. Hamden Ridge Water Authority's 1.2 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Alabama and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Conecuh County
6 other systems share Conecuh County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hamden Ridge Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Water Works | 4,950 | 1.9 ppb |
| Owassa-Brownsville Water Authority | 3,300 | 5.9 ppb |
| Lyeffion Water Authority, Inc. | 1,506 | 1.2 ppb |
| Fairview Water System, Conecuh | 975 | 1.7 ppb |
| Castleberry, Town Of | 894 | 5.3 ppb |
| Repton Water Works | 510 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Evergreen, AL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Evergreen, 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 Hamden Ridge Water 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.