Reform Water & Sewer Board, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Reform Water & Sewer Board at a glance
Reform Water & Sewer Board serves about 2,376 people through 792 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Pickens County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001107; phone on file: 205-463-9417. 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 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Reform Water & Sewer Board is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Reform Water & Sewer Board 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. Reform Water & Sewer Board's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Alabama and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Pickens County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Reform Water & Sewer Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pickens County Water Authority | 14,364 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aliceville, Water & Sb Of The City Of | 5,655 | 0.6 ppb |
| Gordo Water Gas & Sewer Board | 3,630 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carrollton Wd, Town Of | 1,305 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Reform Water & Sewer 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 Reform Water & Sewer 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.