Lake Mitchell Water Incorporated, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.4 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Lake Mitchell Water Incorporated
Lake Mitchell Water Incorporated serves about 429 people through 143 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Coosa County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001799; phone on file: 251-380-7332. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 4.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Mitchell Water Incorporated is 5.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.83 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 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. Lake Mitchell Water Incorporated's 5.4 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Alabama and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Coosa County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake Mitchell Water Incorporated. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Stewartville Water Authority | 5,067 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rockford Utilities Board, Inc | 3,759 | 2.2 ppb |
| Goodwater Wtr Works & Sewer Bd, City Of | 2,550 | 0.79 ppb |
| Kellyton Water System | 2,010 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ray Water Authority | 1,290 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Birmingham, 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 Lake Mitchell Water Incorporated 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.