Lowndes County Water System, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Lowndes County Water System at a glance
Lowndes County Water System serves about 3,675 people through 1,225 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 Lowndes County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001512; phone on file: 334-548-6235. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lowndes County Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lowndes County Water System is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Lowndes County Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in Alabama and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Lowndes County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lowndes County Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hayneville, Town Of | 2,868 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Deposit, Ww & Sb Of The Town Of | 2,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mosses Water & Fire Pro Authority | 1,704 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Hall Water Board | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lowndesboro, Town Of | 1,128 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Lowndes County Water System'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 Lowndes County Water System 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.