New Hope Water System, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 New Hope Water System
New Hope Water System serves about 6,231 people through 2,077 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Madison County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000893; phone on file: 256-723-2616. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
New Hope Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Hope Water System is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How New Hope Water System 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. New Hope Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in Alabama and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Madison County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Hope Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Huntsville Utilities Water Dept. | 310,107 | 0 (not detected) |
| Madison County Water Department | 119,100 | 2.04 ppb |
| Madison, The W & Ww Board Of The City Of | 54,114 | 0.55 ppb |
| Harvest-Monrovia W,S, And Fp, Inc. | 51,915 | 0 (not detected) |
| Us Army Garrison-Redstone Arsenal | 44,472 | 0 (not detected) |
| Owens Crossroads Water Authority | 13,569 | 1.36 ppb |
| Triana Water Works | 7,038 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gurley Water System | 1,155 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for New Hope, AL
Look up your address in New Hope Water System'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 New Hope Water System 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.