Kushla Water District, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (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. 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 Kushla Water District
Kushla Water District serves about 6,294 people through 2,098 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 Mobile County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000993; phone on file: 251-675-2297. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kushla Water District is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
Against other Alabama systems
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. Kushla Water District's 1.6 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Alabama and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Mobile County
13 other systems share Mobile County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kushla Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile, Bd. Of W&S Comm. Of The City Of | 279,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Mobile County Water & Fire Pro Authority | 39,573 | 1.6 ppb |
| South Alabama Utilities Water System | 39,249 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prichard Water Works Board | 29,190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saraland, Bd Of W&S Commissioners | 13,827 | 8.4 ppb |
| Grand Bay Water Works Board | 11,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| St. Elmo-Irvington Water Authority | 10,284 | 1.2 ppb |
| Bayou La Batre, The Ub Of The City Of | 8,100 | 1.2 ppb |
| Satsuma, The Wwb Of The City Of | 7,248 | 0 (not detected) |
| Turnerville Water & Fire Pro District | 5,991 | 2.1 ppb |
Next steps for Eight Mile, AL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eight Mile, 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 Kushla Water District 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.