Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of
Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of serves about 8,070 people through 2,690 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 St. Clair County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001199; phone on file: 205-629-5501. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 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. Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of's 2 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Alabama and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share St. Clair County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Odenville, Utillities Bd. Of The Town Of | 26,022 | 2 ppb |
| Pell City, City Of | 17,586 | 1 ppb |
| New London Water & Fp Authority | 6,843 | 0 (not detected) |
| Springville, City Of | 6,468 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wattsville Water Authority | 5,097 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cook Springs Water Authority | 4,569 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ashville, City Of | 4,107 | 4 ppb |
| Riverside, City Of | 3,864 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ragland, The Wwb Of The Town Of | 3,243 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest St. Clair Water System | 3,039 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Odenville, 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 Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.