Lineville Water Works 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.
Lineville Water Works Board at a glance
Lineville Water Works Board serves about 3,447 people through 1,149 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 Clay County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000268; phone on file: 256-396-2063. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lineville Water Works Board's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lineville Water Works Board is 0.48 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.48 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.28 ppb |
How Lineville Water Works 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. Lineville Water Works Board's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Alabama and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Clay County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lineville Water Works Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ashland Water & Sewer Board | 2,925 | 0.26 ppb |
| Clay County Water Authority | 2,751 | 0 (not detected) |
| Millerville Water & Fire Pro Authority | 1,545 | 0.34 ppb |
| Hollins Water Authority | 1,272 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Lineville, AL
Look up your address in Lineville Water Works 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 Lineville Water Works 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.