City Of Cleveland, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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 Cleveland
City Of Cleveland serves about 16,392 people through 6,209 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Bolivar County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0060006; phone on file: 662-846-1471. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Cleveland's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Cleveland is 1.3 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.3 ppb |
How City Of Cleveland 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 Cleveland's 1.3 ppb sits at the 64th percentile in Mississippi and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Bolivar County
25 other systems share Bolivar County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Cleveland. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Shelby | 1,998 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Mound Bayou | 1,711 | 2.2 ppb |
| City Of Rosedale | 1,708 | 2.38 ppb |
| Town Of Shaw | 1,639 | 0.7 ppb |
| Delta State University | 1,500 | 5.2 ppb |
| Boyle-Skene W/A#3 | 1,486 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Boyle | 1,400 | 1.1 ppb |
| Town Of Renova | 1,357 | 2 ppb |
| Boyle-Skene W/A #2 | 1,156 | 2.39 ppb |
| Boyle-Skene Water Assn | 898 | 1.86 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cleveland, 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 Cleveland 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.