Alcorn State University, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Alcorn State University serves about 3,000 people through 110 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Claiborne County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0110013; phone on file: 601-877-6185. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Alcorn State University'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 Alcorn State University is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
Against other Mississippi systems
Of the 973 Mississippi systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 44 have gone over at some point. Alcorn State University's 0.7 ppb sits at the 34th percentile in Mississippi and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Claiborne County
5 other systems share Claiborne County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Alcorn State University. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Port Gibson | 3,047 | 4.3 ppb |
| Pattison W/A-West | 2,933 | 3.5 ppb |
| Hermanville Water Association | 1,442 | 1.28 ppb |
| C S & I Water Assn #1 | 1,014 | 4.2 ppb |
| Romola Water Association | 600 | 68.6 ppb |
Next steps for Alcorn State, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Alcorn State, MS 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 Alcorn State University 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.