City Of Leland, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 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.
City Of Leland at a glance
City Of Leland serves about 4,591 people through 1,739 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 Washington County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0760006; phone on file: 662-686-4577. 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 2022 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Leland is 10.7 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 10.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 10.7 ppb over 10 |
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 Leland's 0.7 ppb sits at the 35th percentile in Mississippi and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Washington County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Leland. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Greenville | 29,602 | 1.1 ppb |
| Black Bayou Water Assn. | 6,917 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of Hollandale | 2,323 | 1.03 ppb |
| Town Of Metcalfe | 1,125 | 0.6 ppb |
| Glen Allan Utility District | 649 | 0.79 ppb |
| Town Of Arcola | 546 | 1 ppb |
| Raskin Enterprises Llc-Delta Village Mhp | 491 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golding Acres Water Assn | 99 | 18.2 ppb |
| Winterville Water Association | 92 | 2 ppb |
| City Of Greenville (Airbase) | 30 | 4.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Leland, 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 Leland 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.