Tuscumbia Water Works, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.86 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.
Tuscumbia Water Works at a glance
Tuscumbia Water Works serves about 16,539 people through 5,513 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 Colbert County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000331; phone on file: 256-383-0321. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.77 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tuscumbia Water Works is 3.34 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.86 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.77 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.23 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.34 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. Tuscumbia Water Works's 1.86 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Alabama and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Colbert County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tuscumbia Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Muscle Shoals Utility Board | 22,467 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sheffield Utilities, City Of Sheffield | 13,758 | 1.8 ppb |
| Colbert County Rural Water System | 13,449 | 0.52 ppb |
| Spring Valley Water Authority | 5,520 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hawk Pride Mt Water System | 4,035 | 0 (not detected) |
| Littleville Water Works | 3,576 | 0.2 ppb |
| Cherokee Water & Gas Department | 1,992 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lagrange Mountain Water Authority | 1,242 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leighton, Wsb Of The Town Of | 1,203 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tuscumbia, 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 Tuscumbia Water Works 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.