City Of Mccomb, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.6 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.
About City Of Mccomb
City Of Mccomb serves about 12,041 people through 6,636 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 Pike County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0570004; phone on file: 601-684-4000. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.7 ppb from 1.9 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Mccomb is 6.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.8 ppb |
How City Of Mccomb 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 Mccomb's 5.6 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Mississippi and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Pike County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Mccomb. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Pike Water Association | 5,359 | 1.5 ppb |
| Sunnyhill Water Association | 3,833 | 1.1 ppb |
| Magnolia Rural Water Assn | 2,922 | 0 (not detected) |
| Friendship Community W/A | 2,434 | 6 ppb |
| City Of Magnolia | 2,307 | 1.4 ppb |
| East Pike Water Assn. | 2,107 | 0 (not detected) |
| Homestead Water Association | 1,832 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Summit | 1,502 | 1.6 ppb |
| Sw Ms Comm College | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Osyka | 420 | 0.9 ppb |
Next steps for Mccomb, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mccomb, 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 Mccomb 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.