Coontail Water Association, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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.
About Coontail Water Association
Coontail Water Association serves about 1,170 people through 443 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Monroe County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0480004; phone on file: 662-315-4561. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Coontail Water Association is 1.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 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. Coontail Water Association's 1.1 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Mississippi and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Monroe County
11 other systems share Monroe County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Coontail Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Amory | 9,350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Aberdeen | 7,783 | 0.6 ppb |
| Cason Water Association | 4,570 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hamilton Water District | 4,029 | 0 (not detected) |
| Quincy Water Association #1 | 3,519 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wren W/A | 3,068 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Smithville | 2,062 | 0.8 ppb |
| Town Of Hatley | 1,962 | 0 (not detected) |
| Quincy Water Association #2 | 1,246 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gaines-Trace Water Association | 1,214 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Pontotoc, MS
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 Coontail Water Association 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.