City Of Itta Bena, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 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 Itta Bena at a glance
City Of Itta Bena serves about 2,049 people through 1,005 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 Leflore County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0420002; phone on file: 662-254-7231. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.5 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Itta Bena is 2.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.8 ppb |
How City Of Itta Bena 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 Itta Bena's 2.5 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Mississippi and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Leflore County
11 other systems share Leflore County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Itta Bena. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Greenwood | 19,140 | 0.9 ppb |
| East Leflore Water & Sewer Dst | 5,206 | 0.7 ppb |
| Ms Valley State University | 2,250 | 2.1 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; Itta Bena, 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 Itta Bena 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.