City Of Carthage, 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 Carthage at a glance
City Of Carthage serves about 4,901 people through 1,920 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 Leake County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0400001; phone on file: 601-267-8322. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Carthage is 1.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.1 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 Carthage's 1 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in Mississippi and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Leake County
11 other systems share Leake County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Carthage. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Freeny W/A #1 | 2,962 | 0.7 ppb |
| Freeny W/A #2-Rosebud System | 2,550 | 0.5 ppb |
| Southwest Leake Water Assn | 2,463 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Providence Water Assn | 2,226 | 2 ppb |
| Marydell Water Association | 1,573 | 1 ppb |
| Edinburg Domestic Water Association | 1,375 | 0.8 ppb |
| Thomastown Water Association | 908 | 0.6 ppb |
| Town Of Walnut Grove | 510 | 1.8 ppb |
| Goshen Water Association | 380 | 0.3 ppb |
| Pilgrim Rest Water Association | 359 | 1.4 ppb |
Next steps for Carthage, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Carthage, 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 Carthage 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.