New London Water & Fp Authority, 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 London Water & Fp Authority
New London Water & Fp Authority serves about 6,843 people through 2,281 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 groundwater, in St. Clair County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001437; phone on file: 205-525-5177. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New London Water & Fp Authority is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
Against other Alabama systems
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 London Water & Fp Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 37th 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.
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share St. Clair County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than New London Water & Fp Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Odenville, Utillities Bd. Of The Town Of | 26,022 | 2 ppb |
| Pell City, City Of | 17,586 | 1 ppb |
| Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of | 8,070 | 2 ppb |
| Springville, City Of | 6,468 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wattsville Water Authority | 5,097 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cook Springs Water Authority | 4,569 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ashville, City Of | 4,107 | 4 ppb |
| Riverside, City Of | 3,864 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ragland, The Wwb Of The Town Of | 3,243 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest St. Clair Water System | 3,039 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in New London Water & Fp Authority'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 London Water & Fp 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.