North Choctaw Water & Sewer 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.
Who runs the water here
North Choctaw Water & Sewer Authority serves about 3,450 people through 1,150 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 Choctaw County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000243; phone on file: 205-398-3161. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.8 ppb from 1.8 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Choctaw Water & Sewer Authority is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 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. North Choctaw Water & Sewer Authority'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.
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Choctaw County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Choctaw Water & Sewer Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gilbertown, Utilities Board Of Town Of | 8,157 | 3.8 ppb |
| Butler Water System | 4,590 | 2.7 ppb |
| Pennington, Utilities Board Of | 1,080 | 4.5 ppb |
| Choctaw-Edna Water Authority, Inc. | 819 | 1.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in North Choctaw Water & Sewer 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 North Choctaw 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.