Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority at a glance
Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority serves about 3,060 people through 1,020 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001363; phone on file: 251-944-2083. 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 2020 (0.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority is 0.78 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.78 ppb |
How Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro 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. Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 23rd 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.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Washington County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Washington County Water Authority | 2,445 | 1.5 ppb |
| Millry, The Ub Of The Town Of | 2,217 | 2.7 ppb |
| Chatom, The Utilities Board Of The Town | 2,037 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fruitdale Water System | 1,809 | 1.6 ppb |
| Leroy Water Authority | 1,710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tibbie Water & Fire Protection Authority | 1,539 | 1.5 ppb |
| Deer Park-Vinegar Bend Water & Fpa | 1,467 | 1.1 ppb |
| Frankville Water & Fire Pro Authority | 945 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Stephens Water System | 735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hobson Water System | 663 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro 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 Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.