Ozark Utilities Board, 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 Ozark Utilities Board
Ozark Utilities Board serves about 19,965 people through 6,528 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Dale County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000441; phone on file: 334-774-2336. 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 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ozark Utilities Board 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 |
Where this result ranks
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. Ozark Utilities Board's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 48th percentile in Alabama and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Dale County
9 other systems share Dale County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ozark Utilities Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Rucker -American Water Enterprises | 16,774 | 1.1 ppb |
| Daleville, The Wwsb Of The City Of | 10,014 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dale County Water Authority | 7,779 | 1.2 ppb |
| Level Plains, Town Of | 3,819 | 0 (not detected) |
| Midland City Water Department | 3,300 | 1.5 ppb |
| Newton, The Ww And Sb Of The Town Of | 2,466 | 9.5 ppb |
| Napier Field Water System | 2,382 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinckard, Town Of | 1,377 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ariton Water Works Board, Town Of | 1,263 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Ozark, AL
Look up your address in Ozark Utilities Board'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 Ozark Utilities Board 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.