Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland, MS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland
Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland serves about 1,196 people through 453 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 Kemper County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0350007; phone on file: 601-677-3558. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland's lead record
That is down 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland is 1.2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.2 ppb |
How Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland 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. Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 7th percentile in Mississippi and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Kemper County
11 other systems share Kemper County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kipling W/A #1 | 2,637 | 2.3 ppb |
| Porterville W/A | 2,445 | 0.52 ppb |
| North West Kemper W/A #4 | 1,671 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nw Kemper W/A #1-Preston | 1,618 | 3.7 ppb |
| Town Of Dekalb | 985 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Scooba | 744 | 0.9 ppb |
| Nw Kemper W/A #3-Kynard | 407 | 0.28 ppb |
| Townsend Water Association | 238 | 0.3 ppb |
| Kipling W/A #4 | 169 | 0.3 ppb |
| Porterville W/A-Kemper Springs | 108 | 0.83 ppb |
Next steps for Preston, MS
Look up your address in Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Nw Kemper W/A #2- Cleveland 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.