Snead Water Works, Town Of, 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 Snead Water Works, Town Of
Snead Water Works, Town Of serves about 6,111 people through 2,037 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 groundwater, in Blount County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000108; phone on file: 205-459-0059. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Snead Water Works, Town Of is 1.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0.93 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. Snead Water Works, Town Of'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.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Blount County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Snead Water Works, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oneonta, Ub Of The City Of | 19,971 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blount County Water Authority | 19,074 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Bluff Water Authority | 6,330 | 1 ppb |
| Blountsville, The Ub Of The Town Of | 4,266 | 1.6 ppb |
| Cleveland Water Works | 3,516 | 1 ppb |
| Nectar, Town Of | 3,288 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hayden Water Works | 2,631 | 0 (not detected) |
| Remlap Pine Mtn Water Authority | 2,616 | 0 (not detected) |
| Allgood Water Works, Town Of | 861 | 1.15 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Snead Water Works, Town Of'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 Snead Water Works, Town 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.