Owassa-Brownsville Water Authority, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.9 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About Owassa-Brownsville Water Authority
Owassa-Brownsville Water Authority serves about 3,300 people through 1,100 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 Conecuh County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000393; phone on file: 251-578-2011. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Owassa-Brownsville Water Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (6.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Owassa-Brownsville Water Authority is 6.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Owassa-Brownsville Water Authority's 5.9 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Alabama and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Conecuh County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Owassa-Brownsville Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Water Works | 4,950 | 1.9 ppb |
| Hamden Ridge Water Authority | 2,196 | 1.2 ppb |
| Lyeffion Water Authority, Inc. | 1,506 | 1.2 ppb |
| Fairview Water System, Conecuh | 975 | 1.7 ppb |
| Castleberry, Town Of | 894 | 5.3 ppb |
| Repton Water Works | 510 | 1.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Evergreen, 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 Owassa-Brownsville Water 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.