Wall Street Water Authority, AL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.4 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.
About Wall Street Water Authority
Wall Street Water Authority serves about 6,102 people through 2,034 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 Tallapoosa County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0001288; phone on file: 334-283-5002. 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 3.3 ppb from 3.7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wall Street Water Authority is 3.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0.63 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Wall Street Water Authority's 0.4 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Alabama and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Tallapoosa County
7 other systems share Tallapoosa County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wall Street Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander City, City Of | 34,005 | 0.37 ppb |
| Walnut Hill Water Authority | 14,127 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jacksons Gap Water Authority | 7,008 | 0.43 ppb |
| Dadeville Water And Gas Board | 4,101 | 0.26 ppb |
| New Site Water System | 2,361 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Tallapoosa Water & Sewer Board | 1,608 | 1 ppb |
| Daviston Water System, Town Of | 825 | 3.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tallassee, 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 Wall Street Water Authority 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.