Millry, The Ub Of The Town Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (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. 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 Millry, The Ub Of The Town Of
Millry, The Ub Of The Town Of serves about 2,217 people through 739 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: AL0001364; phone on file: 251-846-2968. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Millry, The Ub Of The Town Of is 2.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Millry, The Ub Of The Town Of 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. Millry, The Ub Of The Town Of's 2.7 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Alabama and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Washington County
10 other systems share Washington County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Millry, The Ub 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority | 3,060 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington County Water Authority | 2,445 | 1.5 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
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Millry, 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 Millry, The Ub 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.