Rockford Utilities Board, Inc, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Rockford Utilities Board, Inc serves about 3,759 people through 1,253 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 Coosa County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000353; phone on file: 256-435-4004. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Rockford Utilities Board, Inc's lead record
That is up 1.36 ppb from 0.84 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rockford Utilities Board, Inc is 2.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.84 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.51 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.76 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. Rockford Utilities Board, Inc's 2.2 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Alabama and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Coosa County
5 other systems share Coosa County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Rockford Utilities Board, Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Stewartville Water Authority | 5,067 | 0 (not detected) |
| Goodwater Wtr Works & Sewer Bd, City Of | 2,550 | 0.79 ppb |
| Kellyton Water System | 2,010 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ray Water Authority | 1,290 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Mitchell Water Incorporated | 429 | 5.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rockford, 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 Rockford Utilities Board, Inc 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.