Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of
Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of serves about 12,633 people through 4,211 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 Etowah County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000588; phone on file: 256-442-2553. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2026 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of is 5 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 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. Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 44th 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.
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Etowah County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gadsden, The Wwsb Of The City Of | 44,637 | 2.5 ppb |
| Southside Water Works And Sewer Board | 12,327 | 1.3 ppb |
| Attalla Water Works Board | 8,403 | 1.4 ppb |
| West Etowah Water & Fire Pro Authority | 6,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glencoe Water Works Board | 6,465 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fords Valley & Hwy 278 Water | 5,760 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hokes Bluff Water Board | 5,536 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sardis City Water Board | 5,463 | 1.1 ppb |
| Northeast Etowah County Water Co-Op | 4,380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Highland Water Authority | 4,014 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of'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 Rainbow City, The Utilities Board Of 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.