Jacksons Gap Water Authority, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.43 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Jacksons Gap Water Authority at a glance
Jacksons Gap Water Authority serves about 7,008 people through 2,336 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 Tallapoosa County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001279; phone on file: 256-825-8385. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Jacksons Gap Water Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.25 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jacksons Gap Water Authority is 0.64 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.43 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.25 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.64 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. Jacksons Gap Water Authority's 0.43 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Alabama and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Tallapoosa County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jacksons Gap Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander City, City Of | 34,005 | 0.37 ppb |
| Walnut Hill Water Authority | 14,127 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wall Street Water Authority | 6,102 | 0.4 ppb |
| Dadeville Water And Gas Board | 4,101 | 0.26 ppb |
| New Site Water System | 2,361 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Tallapoosa Water & Sewer Board | 1,608 | 1 ppb |
| Daviston Water System, Town Of | 825 | 3.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jackson'S Gap, 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 Jacksons Gap 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.