City Of Indianola, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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 Indianola
City Of Indianola serves about 9,464 people through 3,610 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 Sunflower County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0670006; phone on file: 662-887-3101. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Indianola's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Indianola is 1.3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.7 ppb |
Against other Mississippi systems
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 Indianola's 0.5 ppb sits at the 25th percentile in Mississippi and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Sunflower County
13 other systems share Sunflower County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Indianola. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fmh Water Association | 2,740 | 0.7 ppb |
| City Of Ruleville | 2,657 | 1.3 ppb |
| Ms State Penitentiary-Mn Ln | 2,500 | 2.6 ppb |
| Town Of Moorhead | 2,301 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Drew | 2,300 | 1.6 ppb |
| Town Of Sunflower | 1,900 | 4.1 ppb |
| So. Sunflower W/A-Inverness | 898 | 0.78 ppb |
| Town Of Inverness | 839 | 1.1 ppb |
| Sunflower Water Assn | 473 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Doddsville | 264 | 0.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Indianola, 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 Indianola 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.