Robertsdale, City Of, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (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. 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.
Robertsdale, City Of at a glance
Robertsdale, City Of serves about 13,242 people through 4,414 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: AL0000061; phone on file: 251-947-5772. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Robertsdale, City Of's lead record
That is up 1.1 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Robertsdale, City Of is 12 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 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. Robertsdale, City Of's 1.1 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Alabama and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Baldwin County
14 other systems share Baldwin County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Robertsdale, City Of. 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 |
| Perdido Bay Water Sewer & Fpd | 12,765 | 2 ppb |
| Spanish Fort Water System, Inc. | 10,161 | 2.3 ppb |
| Loxley, City Of | 10,104 | 1.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Robertsdale, 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 Robertsdale, City 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.