Springville, City Of, 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.
Who runs the water here
Springville, City Of serves about 6,468 people through 2,156 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 St. Clair County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001211; phone on file: 205-487-2704. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Springville, City Of is 2 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 | 2 ppb |
How Springville, City Of 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. Springville, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 37th percentile in Alabama and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in St. Clair County
15 other systems share St. Clair County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Springville, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Odenville, Utillities Bd. Of The Town Of | 26,022 | 2 ppb |
| Pell City, City Of | 17,586 | 1 ppb |
| Margaret, The Wwb Of The Town Of | 8,070 | 2 ppb |
| New London Water & Fp Authority | 6,843 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wattsville Water Authority | 5,097 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cook Springs Water Authority | 4,569 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ashville, City Of | 4,107 | 4 ppb |
| Riverside, City Of | 3,864 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ragland, The Wwb Of The Town Of | 3,243 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest St. Clair Water System | 3,039 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Springville, City 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 Springville, 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.