Mt Comfort W/A, MS
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Mt Comfort W/A at a glance
Mt Comfort W/A serves about 1,085 people through 411 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 Calhoun County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0070010; phone on file: 662-983-5508. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mt Comfort W/A is 17.8 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 17.8 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 17.8 ppb over 15 |
How Mt Comfort W/A 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. Mt Comfort W/A's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in Mississippi and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Calhoun County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mt Comfort W/A. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bruce | 2,798 | 0.9 ppb |
| Mt Comfort W/A-Banner | 2,442 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Calhoun City | 2,101 | 1.6 ppb |
| Town Of Vardaman | 1,610 | 14.3 ppb |
| Cross-Roads Water Association | 1,125 | 3.6 ppb |
| Town Of Pittsboro | 1,077 | 1.9 ppb |
| Mt Comfort W/A-Mt Moriah | 1,011 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Derma | 957 | 0.7 ppb |
| Big Creek Water Association | 731 | 0 (not detected) |
| Poplar Springs W/A #1 | 645 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bruce, 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 Mt Comfort W/A 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.