Nectar, Town Of, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Nectar, Town Of
Nectar, Town Of serves about 3,288 people through 1,096 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 surface water, in Blount County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000122; phone on file: 205-559-7780. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Nectar, Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nectar, Town Of is 0.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0.5 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. Nectar, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th 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.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Blount County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nectar, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oneonta, Ub Of The City Of | 19,971 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blount County Water Authority | 19,074 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Bluff Water Authority | 6,330 | 1 ppb |
| Snead Water Works, Town Of | 6,111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blountsville, The Ub Of The Town Of | 4,266 | 1.6 ppb |
| Cleveland Water Works | 3,516 | 1 ppb |
| Hayden Water Works | 2,631 | 0 (not detected) |
| Remlap Pine Mtn Water Authority | 2,616 | 0 (not detected) |
| Allgood Water Works, Town Of | 861 | 1.15 ppb |
Next steps for Cleveland, AL
Look up your address in Nectar, Town Of'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 Nectar, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.