Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd, 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 Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd
Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd serves about 6,048 people through 2,016 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 Franklin County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000607; phone on file: 256-356-8622. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (0.55 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.55 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
How Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd 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. Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Alabama and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Franklin County
9 other systems share Franklin County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Russellville Water Works And Sewer Board | 17,100 | 1.04 ppb |
| Phil Campbell Water Works | 7,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklin County Water Service Authority | 5,166 | 3.8 ppb |
| Hodges Water System | 2,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vina Water Works Board | 1,368 | 7.4 ppb |
| Baker S/D | 187 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bailey Farms Subdivision | 181 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadow Lake S/D | 117 | 0 (not detected) |
| Olivet S/D | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd'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 Red Bay, The Water Works & Gas Bd 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.