Heflin, The Water Works And Sewer Board, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Heflin, The Water Works And Sewer Board serves about 4,590 people through 1,530 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 surface water, in Cleburne County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000279; phone on file: 256-463-2011. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Heflin, The Water Works And Sewer Board's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Heflin, The Water Works And Sewer Board is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Heflin, The Water Works And Sewer Board 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. Heflin, The Water Works And Sewer Board's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 30th percentile in Alabama and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Cleburne County
3 other systems share Cleburne County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Heflin, The Water Works And Sewer Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cleburne County Water Authority | 8,307 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ranburne Water & Sewer Department | 2,061 | 0 (not detected) |
| Edwardsville Water & Fire Pro Authority | 585 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Heflin, AL
Look up your address in Heflin, The Water Works And Sewer Board'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 Heflin, The Water Works And Sewer Board 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.