North Lee W/A #5-Red Hill, 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.
About North Lee W/A #5-Red Hill
North Lee W/A #5-Red Hill serves about 298 people through 113 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Lee County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0410040; phone on file: 662-869-1223. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.1 ppb from 1.6 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Lee W/A #5-Red Hill is 1.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.8 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. North Lee W/A #5-Red Hill's 0.5 ppb sits at the 20th percentile in Mississippi and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Lee County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Lee W/A #5-Red Hill. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Tupelo | 37,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Saltillo | 6,766 | 0.5 ppb |
| Mooreville-Richmond W/A #1 | 3,807 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old Union Water System | 3,749 | 0.7 ppb |
| Town Of Guntown | 3,577 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mooreville Richmond #3 | 3,419 | 1 ppb |
| Mooreville-Richmond W/A #2 | 3,200 | 2.7 ppb |
| City Of Verona | 2,792 | 0.55 ppb |
| North Lee W/A #1-Barnes Crosng | 2,672 | 0.9 ppb |
| North Lee W/A-Beech Springs | 2,556 | 0.5 ppb |
Next steps for Saltillo, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Saltillo, 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 North Lee W/A #5-Red Hill 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.