City Of Olive Branch, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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 Olive Branch at a glance
City Of Olive Branch serves about 54,025 people through 20,464 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 Desoto County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0170015; phone on file: 662-892-9201. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Olive Branch's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Olive Branch is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.5 ppb |
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 Olive Branch's 0.9 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in Mississippi and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Desoto County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Olive Branch. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Southaven | 56,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Hernando | 14,457 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Horn Lake | 13,649 | 1.2 ppb |
| Horn Lake Water Association | 12,735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lewisburg Water Association | 9,390 | 1.8 ppb |
| Walls Water Assn- Lake Forest | 9,298 | 0.7 ppb |
| City Of Hernando-Jaybird | 6,750 | 1.9 ppb |
| Nesbit Water Association | 5,988 | 1.1 ppb |
| Eudora Utilities Association | 3,749 | 0.8 ppb |
| Walls Water Association | 2,999 | 0.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Olive Branch, 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 Olive Branch 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.