Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpd, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpd serves about 12,765 people through 4,255 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 Baldwin County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001490; phone on file: 251-987-5816. 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 2023 (2.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpd is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
How Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpd compares
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. Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpd's 2 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Alabama and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Baldwin County
14 other systems share Baldwin County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fairhope, City Of | 59,850 | 1.4 ppb |
| Foley, Utilities Board Of The City Of | 50,919 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gulf Shores, The Ub Of The City Of | 40,947 | 2.4 ppb |
| Daphne, Utilities Board Of The City Of | 33,372 | 1.7 ppb |
| North Baldwin Utilities | 28,713 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orange Beach Water Sewer And F.P.A. | 17,796 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belforest Water System | 17,268 | 1.5 ppb |
| Robertsdale, City Of | 13,242 | 1.1 ppb |
| Spanish Fort Water System, Inc. | 10,161 | 2.3 ppb |
| Loxley, City Of | 10,104 | 1.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Elberta, 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 Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpd 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.