Newville, Town Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.3 ppb (monitoring period 2019-2021). 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.
Who runs the water here
Newville, Town Of serves about 900 people through 304 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 Henry County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000666; phone on file: 334-889-1958. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Newville, Town Of's lead record
That is up 3.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Newville, Town Of is 3.3 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Newville, Town Of's 3.3 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Alabama and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Henry County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Newville, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Henry County Water Authority | 11,625 | 0 (not detected) |
| Abbeville, Water Works & Sewer Board | 8,133 | 0 (not detected) |
| Headland Water Works | 6,003 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wills Cross Roads Water System | 540 | 1.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Newville, 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 Newville, 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.