St Stephens Water System, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 St Stephens Water System
St Stephens Water System serves about 735 people through 315 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001366; phone on file: 251-246-3834. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St Stephens Water System is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
How St Stephens Water System 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. St Stephens Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th percentile in Alabama and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Washington County
10 other systems share Washington County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than St Stephens Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mcintosh Water & Fire Pro Authority | 3,060 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington County Water Authority | 2,445 | 1.5 ppb |
| Millry, The Ub Of The Town Of | 2,217 | 2.7 ppb |
| Chatom, The Utilities Board Of The Town | 2,037 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fruitdale Water System | 1,809 | 1.6 ppb |
| Leroy Water Authority | 1,710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tibbie Water & Fire Protection Authority | 1,539 | 1.5 ppb |
| Deer Park-Vinegar Bend Water & Fpa | 1,467 | 1.1 ppb |
| Frankville Water & Fire Pro Authority | 945 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hobson Water System | 663 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for St. Stephens, AL
Look up your address in St Stephens Water System'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 St Stephens Water System 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.