Jackson County Water Authority, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2018-2020). 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
Jackson County Water Authority serves about 7,968 people through 2,656 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 Jackson County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001748; phone on file: 256-574-6743. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 5 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson County Water Authority is 5 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
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. Jackson County Water Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 39th percentile in Alabama and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Jackson County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson County Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Section & Dutton, Water Works Bd. Of | 35,259 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dekalb-Jackson Water Supply District | 32,421 | 1.5 ppb |
| Scottsboro Water Sewer & Gb | 22,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cumberland Mountain Water & Fpa | 5,880 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bridgeport Utilities Board | 5,505 | 0.79 ppb |
| Stevenson, Util. Board Of The Town Of | 4,101 | 0.7 ppb |
| Pisgah Water Department | 1,407 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bluff Creek Mobile Home Park | 124 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Jackson County Water Authority'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 Jackson County 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.