Kokomo-Shiloh Water Assn., MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 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.
Kokomo-Shiloh Water Assn. at a glance
Kokomo-Shiloh Water Assn. serves about 2,344 people through 888 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 Marion County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0460014; phone on file: 601-736-0658. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.7 ppb from 4.2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kokomo-Shiloh Water Assn. is 4.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 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. Kokomo-Shiloh Water Assn.'s 0.5 ppb sits at the 23rd percentile in Mississippi and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Marion County
10 other systems share Marion County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kokomo-Shiloh Water Assn.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Columbia | 5,900 | 1.7 ppb |
| Hub Water Association | 3,260 | 0.5 ppb |
| Bunker Hill Water Association | 2,700 | 5.1 ppb |
| Mt Gilead-Improve Water Assn | 2,416 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lampton Water Association | 1,983 | 0.5 ppb |
| Highway 98 East Water Assn. | 1,632 | 0.5 ppb |
| West Marion Water Association | 1,571 | 0.5 ppb |
| Foxworth Water & Sewerage Assn | 710 | 1.8 ppb |
| Community Water Association | 320 | 1.5 ppb |
| Morgantown Water Association | 224 | 3.7 ppb |
Next steps for Kokomo, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kokomo, 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 Kokomo-Shiloh Water Assn. 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.