Livingston Utility Board, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 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 Livingston Utility Board
Livingston Utility Board serves about 4,680 people through 1,560 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 Sumter County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001220; phone on file: 205-625-2505. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Livingston Utility Board is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 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. Livingston Utility Board's 0.7 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Alabama and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
3 other systems share Sumter County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Livingston Utility Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sumter County Water Authority | 10,983 | 0 (not detected) |
| York Water System, City Of | 3,435 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cuba Water & Sb, Town Of | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Livingston, 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 Livingston Utility 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.