Mexia Water System, Inc., AL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Mexia Water System, Inc. serves about 2,532 people through 844 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 Monroe County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001050; phone on file: 251-743-2332. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mexia Water System, Inc. is 31 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 31 ppb over 15 |
How Mexia Water System, Inc. 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. Mexia Water System, Inc.'s 1.1 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Alabama and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Monroe County
6 other systems share Monroe County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mexia Water System, Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Monroeville, Water Works Bd. Of City Of | 9,885 | 1.4 ppb |
| Southwest Alabama Water Authority | 5,196 | 0 (not detected) |
| Excel, Town Of | 3,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Uriah Water System | 3,420 | 1.5 ppb |
| Frisco City Water System | 2,100 | 1.9 ppb |
| Beatrice, Town Of | 1,485 | 6.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mexia, 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 Mexia Water System, Inc. whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 6780 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.