City Of Tupelo, MS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About City Of Tupelo
City Of Tupelo serves about 37,000 people through 18,000 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 surface water, in Lee County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0410015; phone on file: 662-841-6513. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Tupelo's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Tupelo is 1.2 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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 Tupelo's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Mississippi and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Lee County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Tupelo. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Saltillo | 6,766 | 0.5 ppb |
| Mooreville-Richmond W/A #1 | 3,807 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old Union Water System | 3,749 | 0.7 ppb |
| Town Of Guntown | 3,577 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mooreville Richmond #3 | 3,419 | 1 ppb |
| Mooreville-Richmond W/A #2 | 3,200 | 2.7 ppb |
| City Of Verona | 2,792 | 0.55 ppb |
| North Lee W/A #1-Barnes Crosng | 2,672 | 0.9 ppb |
| North Lee W/A-Beech Springs | 2,556 | 0.5 ppb |
| City Point Water Association | 2,479 | 0.6 ppb |
Next steps for Tupelo, MS
Look up your address in City Of Tupelo's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask City Of Tupelo 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.