Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board, 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
Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board serves about 6,897 people through 2,299 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 Clarke County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000262; phone on file: 334-636-3357. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board is 0 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 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board'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.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Clarke County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board | 11,715 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grove Hill Water Works | 5,280 | 4.1 ppb |
| Old Line Water System | 5,145 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coffeeville Utiliies Board | 2,730 | 11 ppb |
| Mid-Central Water Authority | 2,325 | 1 ppb |
| North Clarke Water Authority | 984 | 2.1 ppb |
| Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of | 534 | 5.7 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board'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 Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board 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.