Union Springs (Utlty Bd Of The City Of), AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.87 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.
Union Springs (Utlty Bd Of The City Of) at a glance
Union Springs (Utlty Bd Of The City Of) serves about 4,008 people through 1,336 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 Bullock County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000118. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0.97 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Union Springs (Utlty Bd Of The City Of) is 1.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.87 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.97 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.43 ppb |
How Union Springs (Utlty Bd Of The 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. Union Springs (Utlty Bd Of The City Of)'s 0.87 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Alabama and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Bullock County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Union Springs (Utlty Bd Of The City Of). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| South Bullock County Water Authority | 8,931 | 0.62 ppb |
| Midway Water Works | 867 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Union Springs, AL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Union Springs, 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 Union Springs (Utlty Bd Of The 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.