Marion County Public Water Authority, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Marion County Public Water Authority serves about 3,660 people through 1,220 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 Marion County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001716. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Marion County Public Water Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Marion County Public Water Authority is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Marion County Public Water Authority 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. Marion County Public Water Authority'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.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Marion County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Marion County Public Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Water & Wastewater Department | 10,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winfield Water Works & Sewer Board | 8,631 | 0 (not detected) |
| Guin Water & Sewer Board | 4,350 | 2.1 ppb |
| Bear Creek Water Works | 3,222 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hackleburg, Water & Sewer Board | 2,514 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brilliant, The Ub Of The Town Of | 1,590 | 0 (not detected) |
| Twin Water Authority | 804 | 0 (not detected) |
| Upper Bear Creek Ws & Fpd | - | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Marion County Public Water Authority'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 Marion County Public Water Authority 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.