City Of Lexington, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Lexington at a glance
City Of Lexington serves about 1,600 people through 820 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 Holmes County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0260012; phone on file: 662-834-1261. 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 2017 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Lexington is 1.3 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.3 ppb |
How City Of Lexington 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 Lexington's 0.7 ppb sits at the 33rd percentile in Mississippi and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Holmes County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Lexington. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Durant | 2,932 | 0.6 ppb |
| Lebanon W/A-West | 1,742 | 0.8 ppb |
| Sweet Home Water & Sewer Dist | 1,695 | 2.7 ppb |
| Town Of Tchula | 1,642 | 1.3 ppb |
| Town Of Pickens | 1,587 | 0.9 ppb |
| Acona Water Association #1 | 1,373 | 0.8 ppb |
| West Holmes Water Association | 1,245 | 2.1 ppb |
| Town Of Goodman | 1,188 | 1.5 ppb |
| Harland Creek Community W/A-B | 1,177 | 2.3 ppb |
| Holmes Jr College | 1,052 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lexington, 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 Lexington 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.