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Lead in Mississippi drinking water

940 community water systems tested

5.4%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(51/940)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
MUD CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION #1 1,764 0.0853 mg/L
TOWN OF POTTS CAMP 1,085 0.0554 mg/L
PINE GROVE WATER ASSOCIATION 457 0.0499 mg/L
DEESON ROUNDLAKE #2 243 0.0454 mg/L
HANCOCK COUNTY WATER & SEWER 3,254 0.0437 mg/L
MANTEE WATER ASSOCIATION 486 0.0435 mg/L
NEW LIGHT WATER ASSOCIATION 642 0.0432 mg/L
UNION W/A 300 0.0366 mg/L
HAPPY ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK 120 0.0365 mg/L
THE OAKS UTILITIES PASS CHRISTIAN 797 0.0326 mg/L
LONGVIEW WATER ASSOCIATION 500 0.0321 mg/L
HOPEWELL WATER ASSOCIATION 1,684 0.0314 mg/L
MS VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY 2,250 0.0301 mg/L
SLATE SPRINGS WATER ASSN 351 0.0292 mg/L
TOWN OF STURGIS 323 0.0273 mg/L
HELENA UTILITY DISTRICT 497 0.0265 mg/L
CITY OF GREENVILLE (AIRBASE) GREENVILLE 30 0.0258 mg/L
MS STATE PENITENTIARY-MN LN 2,500 0.0245 mg/L
TOWN OF OSYKA 420 0.0234 mg/L
SUNFLOWER WATER ASSN 473 0.0234 mg/L
LILY ROSE W/A #1 1,675 0.0218 mg/L
GOLDING ACRES WATER ASSN 99 0.0218 mg/L
CMU - LAKE CAROLINE 8,511 0.0213 mg/L
DEESON-ROUNDLAKE WATER CORP 187 0.0202 mg/L
RANDOLPH WATER ASSOCIATION #1 1,299 0.0200 mg/L
PRAIRIE LAND WATER ASSOCIATION, INC 2,500 0.0197 mg/L
WILK-AMITE W/A #2-NORTHWEST 121 0.0193 mg/L
TALKING WARRIOR WATER ASSN #1 1,539 0.0192 mg/L
PLUM POINT COMMUNITY WATER ASSN 148 0.0190 mg/L
ENON-LOCKE-CURTIS WATER ASSN 1,460 0.0190 mg/L
PILGRIM REST WATER ASSOCIATION 359 0.0189 mg/L
TOWN OF GUNNISON 295 0.0188 mg/L
TOWN OF EDEN 123 0.0187 mg/L
JANICE W/A #2-SOUTH 227 0.0183 mg/L
VILLAGE OF GLENDORA 161 0.0180 mg/L
TOWN OF WEST 210 0.0171 mg/L
SCOTT COMBINED WATER & SEWER D 288 0.0170 mg/L
BRADLEY WATER ASSOCIATION 467 0.0169 mg/L
MORGAN CHAPEL WATER ASSN 528 0.0166 mg/L
NORTH DISTRICT 1 WATER ASSN. 700 0.0161 mg/L
CROOKED CREEK W/A - NORTH 1,100 0.0160 mg/L
WAKE FOREST WATER ASSN 571 0.0160 mg/L
FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY W/A 2,434 0.0158 mg/L
TOWN OF PITTSBORO 1,077 0.0158 mg/L
SOUTH VICTORIA 143 0.0156 mg/L
MAGNOLIA RURAL WATER ASSN 2,922 0.0155 mg/L
CARSON CENTRAL WATER ASSN 300 0.0155 mg/L
TOWN OF NEW HOULKA 1,515 0.0153 mg/L
TOWN OF NEW AUGUSTA 570 0.0152 mg/L
TISHOMINGO CO WATER DISTRICT 2,598 0.0151 mg/L
TOWN OF BOLTON 640 0.0150 mg/L
S MS PUBLIC WATER AUTH-MCLAURIN 905 0.0150 mg/L
LAMPTON WATER ASSOCIATION 1,983 0.0147 mg/L
HIDDEN VALLEY LIGHT ASSN 61 0.0147 mg/L
CITY OF JACKSON JACKSON 189,673 0.0147 mg/L
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTAL CTR 3,347 0.0146 mg/L
TOWN OF LIBERTY 1,069 0.0146 mg/L
TOWN OF TISHOMINGO 818 0.0144 mg/L
TOWN OF GEORGETOWN 465 0.0144 mg/L
CITY OF NEWTON NEWTON 3,373 0.0144 mg/L
GRENADA-BOGUE BASIN/GORE SPRGS 1,832 0.0143 mg/L
TOWN OF BASSFIELD 1,199 0.0143 mg/L
CITY OF BRUCE BRUCE 2,798 0.0141 mg/L
TOWN OF SHUQUALAK 989 0.0140 mg/L
CITY OF CALHOUN CITY CALHOUN CITY 2,101 0.0140 mg/L
TOWN OF WALNUT 1,449 0.0140 mg/L
CITY OF MARKS MARKS 2,099 0.0138 mg/L
SWEET HOME WATER & SEWER DIST 1,695 0.0138 mg/L
MULTI-MART WATER ASSOCIATION 1,785 0.0138 mg/L
TOWN OF CROSBY 300 0.0137 mg/L
HOLMES JR COLLEGE 1,052 0.0136 mg/L
TOWN OF JONESTOWN 968 0.0134 mg/L
CITY OF LOUISVILLE - NORTHEAST 780 0.0134 mg/L
SUNNYHILL WATER ASSOCIATION 3,833 0.0133 mg/L
CAMPGROUND WATER ASSN 1,175 0.0132 mg/L
SIXTOWN WATER ASSOCIATION 828 0.0132 mg/L
BUNKER HILL WATER ASSOCIATION 2,700 0.0131 mg/L
COLD SPRINGS WATER ASSOCIATION 589 0.0130 mg/L
PRCUA-HILLSDALE WATER SYSTEM 238 0.0128 mg/L
CITY OF MAGEE MAGEE 3,526 0.0126 mg/L
RENSHAW WATER ASSOCIATION 467 0.0125 mg/L
WILK-AMITE W/A #1-SOUTH 2,149 0.0123 mg/L
TOWN OF DODDSVILLE 264 0.0122 mg/L
SMITHS CROSSING WATER ASSN 4,480 0.0122 mg/L
LAFAYETTE SPRINGS WATER ASSN 290 0.0121 mg/L
CITY OF PASCAGOULA PASCAGOULA 22,686 0.0120 mg/L
CLARA WATER ASSOCIATION 1,690 0.0120 mg/L
TRI-LAKES WATER ASSN-EAST 304 0.0120 mg/L
DARLING WATER ASSOCIATION 211 0.0120 mg/L
TOWNSEND WATER ASSOCIATION 238 0.0120 mg/L
NORTH HAVEN WATER ASSOCIATION 930 0.0118 mg/L
TOWN OF OAKLAND 579 0.0118 mg/L
KIPLING W/A #4 169 0.0115 mg/L
DOUBLE PONDS WATER ASSOCIATION 2,500 0.0114 mg/L
TOWN OF DECATUR 1,945 0.0113 mg/L
THOMASTOWN WATER ASSOCIATION 908 0.0112 mg/L
TOWN OF BROOKSVILLE 2,816 0.0112 mg/L
NORTH COVINGTON W/A-NORTH 1,259 0.0112 mg/L
EAST LEE BLVD WATER ASSN. 211 0.0111 mg/L
CITY OF GULFPORT GULFPORT 75,056 0.0110 mg/L