Glendale Utility District, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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 Glendale Utility District
Glendale Utility District serves about 4,477 people through 1,696 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 Forrest County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0180007; phone on file: 601-583-0647. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Glendale Utility District's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Glendale Utility District is 1.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.6 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. Glendale Utility District's 1.3 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Mississippi and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Forrest County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Glendale Utility District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Hattiesburg | 43,449 | 10.4 ppb |
| City Of Petal | 9,509 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barrontown W/A | 7,999 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sunrise Utility Assn Inc | 6,067 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dixie Community Utility Assn. | 5,840 | 1.5 ppb |
| Rawls Springs Utility District | 3,168 | 2.1 ppb |
| Eastabuchie Water Association | 2,363 | 2.99 ppb |
| Brooklyn Water Association | 1,901 | 8.8 ppb |
| Carnes Water Association | 1,160 | 1.1 ppb |
| S Ms Public Water Auth-Mclaurin | 905 | 16.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hattiesburg, 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 Glendale Utility District 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.