City Of Greenwood, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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
City Of Greenwood serves about 19,140 people through 7,250 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 Leflore County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0420001; phone on file: 662-455-8118. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Greenwood is 1.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.5 ppb |
How City Of Greenwood 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 Greenwood's 0.9 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in Mississippi and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Leflore County
11 other systems share Leflore County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Greenwood. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Leflore Water & Sewer Dst | 5,206 | 0.7 ppb |
| Ms Valley State University | 2,250 | 2.1 ppb |
| City Of Itta Bena | 2,049 | 2.5 ppb |
| Town Of Sidon | 464 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Schlater | 375 | 1.1 ppb |
| Minter City Water & Sewer | 357 | 3.9 ppb |
| Morgan City Water & Sewer Assn | 264 | 3.2 ppb |
| Phillipston Water Association | 148 | 0 (not detected) |
| Americas Catch The Farm | 114 | 4.2 ppb |
| Blue Lake Water Assn. Inc | 100 | 0.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Greenwood, 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 Greenwood 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.