Smiths Water & Sewer Authority, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.51 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.
Smiths Water & Sewer Authority at a glance
Smiths Water & Sewer Authority serves about 33,555 people through 11,185 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 surface water, in Lee County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000820; phone on file: 334-297-8362. 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 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Smiths Water & Sewer Authority is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.51 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Smiths Water & Sewer Authority's 0.51 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Alabama and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lee County
5 other systems share Lee County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Smiths Water & Sewer Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Auburn, The Ww Board Of The City Of | 74,292 | 0.47 ppb |
| Opelika, Ww Bd. Of The City Of | 56,520 | 0.52 ppb |
| Loachapoka Water Authority | 14,964 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beauregard Water Authority | 12,684 | 2 ppb |
| Beulah Utilities District | 10,389 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Smiths Station, 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 Smiths Water & Sewer Authority 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.