Ne Morgan Co., Water & Sewer Authority, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.03 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Ne Morgan Co., Water & Sewer Authority at a glance
Ne Morgan Co., Water & Sewer Authority serves about 26,352 people through 8,784 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Morgan County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001088; phone on file: 256-883-7750. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ne Morgan Co., Water & Sewer Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.96 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ne Morgan Co., Water & Sewer Authority is 2.48 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.96 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.04 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.48 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. Ne Morgan Co., Water & Sewer Authority's 1.03 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Alabama and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Morgan County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Ne Morgan Co., Water & Sewer Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Decatur, Municipal Ub Of | 77,103 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Morgan-East Lawrence W&S Authority | 30,000 | 2.76 ppb |
| Hartselle Utility Board, City Of | 22,233 | 0 (not detected) |
| Trinity Water Works System | 2,844 | 0 (not detected) |
| Falkville Water Works | 1,455 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Somerville, AL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Somerville, 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 Ne Morgan Co., Water & Sewer 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.