City Of Batesville, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
City Of Batesville at a glance
City Of Batesville serves about 7,463 people through 3,827 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 Panola County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0540002; phone on file: 662-563-4576. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Batesville is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. City Of Batesville's 1 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Mississippi and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Panola County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Batesville. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Sardis | 3,439 | 0.9 ppb |
| North Panola Water District | 2,145 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hotophia Water Association | 2,086 | 1.13 ppb |
| Independence Water Association | 2,035 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pope-Courtland W/A-North | 1,713 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sardis Lake Community W/A | 1,521 | 0.5 ppb |
| Enon-Locke-Curtis Water Assn | 1,460 | 1.9 ppb |
| Town Of Como | 1,279 | 0.99 ppb |
| Eureka Water Association | 1,172 | 0.5 ppb |
| Hebron Water Association | 1,146 | 1.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Batesville, 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 City Of Batesville 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.