Prichard 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.
Prichard Water Works Board at a glance
Prichard Water Works Board serves about 29,190 people through 9,730 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 surface water, in Mobile County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001015; phone on file: 251-457-3396. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Prichard Water Works Board's lead record
Against the period ending 2019 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Prichard Water Works Board is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 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. Prichard Water Works Board's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 50th percentile in Alabama and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Mobile County
13 other systems share Mobile County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Prichard Water Works Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile, Bd. Of W&S Comm. Of The City Of | 279,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Mobile County Water & Fire Pro Authority | 39,573 | 1.6 ppb |
| South Alabama Utilities Water System | 39,249 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saraland, Bd Of W&S Commissioners | 13,827 | 8.4 ppb |
| Grand Bay Water Works Board | 11,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| St. Elmo-Irvington Water Authority | 10,284 | 1.2 ppb |
| Bayou La Batre, The Ub Of The City Of | 8,100 | 1.2 ppb |
| Satsuma, The Wwb Of The City Of | 7,248 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kushla Water District | 6,294 | 1.6 ppb |
| Turnerville Water & Fire Pro District | 5,991 | 2.1 ppb |
Next steps for Prichard, AL
Look up your address in Prichard 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 Prichard 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. 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.