Hokes Bluff Water Board, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Hokes Bluff Water Board
Hokes Bluff Water Board serves about 5,536 people through 1,924 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 Etowah County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000581; phone on file: 256-492-2298. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.7 ppb from 1.7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hokes Bluff Water Board is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
How Hokes Bluff Water 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. Hokes Bluff Water Board's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Alabama and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Etowah County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hokes Bluff Water Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gadsden, The Wwsb Of The City Of | 44,637 | 2.5 ppb |
| Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of | 12,633 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southside Water Works And Sewer Board | 12,327 | 1.3 ppb |
| Attalla Water Works Board | 8,403 | 1.4 ppb |
| West Etowah Water & Fire Pro Authority | 6,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glencoe Water Works Board | 6,465 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fords Valley & Hwy 278 Water | 5,760 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sardis City Water Board | 5,463 | 1.1 ppb |
| Northeast Etowah County Water Co-Op | 4,380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Highland Water Authority | 4,014 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Hokes Bluff Water 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 Hokes Bluff Water 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.