City Of Pontotoc, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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 Pontotoc
City Of Pontotoc serves about 9,398 people through 3,570 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 Pontotoc County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0580006; phone on file: 662-489-4321. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Pontotoc's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Pontotoc is 5.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.7 ppb |
Against other Mississippi systems
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 Pontotoc's 1 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Mississippi and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Pontotoc County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Pontotoc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Algoma Water Association | 6,879 | 2.7 ppb |
| East Pontotoc Water Assn | 5,170 | 0.6 ppb |
| Oak Hill Water Assn | 4,739 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Ecru | 2,215 | 0.9 ppb |
| Mud Creek Water Association #1 | 1,764 | 1.5 ppb |
| Toccopola Water Association #2 | 1,592 | 0.7 ppb |
| Troy Water Association | 1,580 | 1.8 ppb |
| Randolph Water Association #1 | 1,299 | 2.8 ppb |
| Town Of Sherman | 847 | 0.7 ppb |
| Mud Creek Water Association #2 | 663 | 0.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pontotoc, 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 Pontotoc 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.