City Of Calhoun City, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 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 City Of Calhoun City
City Of Calhoun City serves about 2,101 people through 968 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Calhoun County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0070004; phone on file: 662-628-8345. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
City Of Calhoun City's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Calhoun City is 3.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.7 ppb |
How City Of Calhoun City compares
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 Calhoun City's 1.6 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Mississippi and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Calhoun County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Calhoun City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bruce | 2,798 | 0.9 ppb |
| Mt Comfort W/A-Banner | 2,442 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Vardaman | 1,610 | 14.3 ppb |
| Cross-Roads Water Association | 1,125 | 3.6 ppb |
| Mt Comfort W/A | 1,085 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Pittsboro | 1,077 | 1.9 ppb |
| Mt Comfort W/A-Mt Moriah | 1,011 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Derma | 957 | 0.7 ppb |
| Big Creek Water Association | 731 | 0 (not detected) |
| Poplar Springs W/A #1 | 645 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Calhoun City, 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 Calhoun City 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.