Lorena-Lemon-Burns 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.
Who runs the water here
Lorena-Lemon-Burns Water Assn serves about 995 people through 355 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 Smith County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0650003; phone on file: 601-536-2772. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lorena-Lemon-Burns Water Assn's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lorena-Lemon-Burns Water Assn is 2.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.2 ppb |
How Lorena-Lemon-Burns Water Assn compares
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. Lorena-Lemon-Burns Water Assn's 0.5 ppb sits at the 21st percentile in Mississippi and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Smith County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lorena-Lemon-Burns Water Assn. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Taylorsville | 2,075 | 0.7 ppb |
| City Of Raleigh | 1,901 | 0.7 ppb |
| Center Ridge Water Association | 1,708 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Polkville-Water Dept | 950 | 2 ppb |
| Morris Water Association | 887 | 1.4 ppb |
| Traxler Water Association | 855 | 2.1 ppb |
| White Oak Water Association | 747 | 1.1 ppb |
| Sylvarena Water Association | 721 | 5 ppb |
| Pineville Water Association #2 | 615 | 2.1 ppb |
| Town Of Mize | 568 | 0.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Forest, 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 Lorena-Lemon-Burns 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.