S E Greene Water Authority, MS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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 S E Greene Water Authority
S E Greene Water Authority serves about 1,375 people through 521 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 Greene County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0210012; phone on file: 601-947-9044. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
S E Greene Water Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for S E Greene Water Authority is 7.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.4 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. S E Greene Water Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Mississippi and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Greene County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than S E Greene Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Beat Iii W/A #1-Sand Hill | 3,881 | 1.3 ppb |
| Town Of Leakesville | 2,616 | 1.8 ppb |
| Town Of State Line | 1,600 | 1.2 ppb |
| Neely Utilities | 499 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leaf Water Association-South | 459 | 0.6 ppb |
| Town Of Mclain | 441 | 5.2 ppb |
Next steps for Lucedale, MS
Look up your address in S E Greene Water Authority'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 S E Greene Water Authority 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.