Parrish Water Works 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 Parrish Water Works Board
Parrish Water Works Board serves about 6,333 people through 2,111 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 surface water, in Walker County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001344; phone on file: 205-686-5085. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Parrish Water Works Board is 5 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 | 5 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. Parrish Water Works Board's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th 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.
Other water systems in Walker County
14 other systems share Walker County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Parrish Water Works Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jasper Water Works & Sewer Board | 28,638 | 0.44 ppb |
| Curry Water Authority | 18,060 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sumiton Water Works Board | 5,994 | 0.2 ppb |
| Boldo, Water & Fire Protection Authority | 4,857 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dora Utilities | 4,083 | 3.13 ppb |
| Cordova, Water Works & Gas Board | 3,867 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakman, Town Of | 3,576 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carbon Hill Utilities Board | 3,159 | 0 (not detected) |
| Townley Water Authority | 2,445 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nauvoo Water Works | 2,103 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Parrish, AL
Look up your address in Parrish Water Works 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 Parrish Water Works 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.