North Tallahatchie W/A, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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 Tallahatchie W/A
North Tallahatchie W/A serves about 3,089 people through 1,170 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 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0680007; phone on file: 662-647-1202. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
North Tallahatchie W/A's lead record
That is down 2.5 ppb from 3.8 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Tallahatchie W/A is 3.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 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. North Tallahatchie W/A's 1.3 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Mississippi and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Tallahatchie County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Tallahatchie W/A. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charleston Utilities | 3,100 | 0.7 ppb |
| Blue Cane, Cowart & Tippo W/A. | 1,191 | 3.7 ppb |
| Town Of Tutwiler | 1,040 | 1.4 ppb |
| Cascilla Water Association | 837 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Tallahatchie Utl Assn | 713 | 0.7 ppb |
| Paynes Water Association | 531 | 1.2 ppb |
| Philipp Water Association | 518 | 5.3 ppb |
| Town Of Sumner | 517 | 1.1 ppb |
| Town Of Webb | 416 | 1.8 ppb |
| Brazil-Sumner Water Assn. | 290 | 2.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Enid, 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 Tallahatchie 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.