Savannah Water Association #1, 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.
Savannah Water Association #1 at a glance
Savannah Water Association #1 serves about 1,434 people through 561 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 Webster County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0780012; phone on file: 666-552-0597. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.7 ppb from 2.7 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Savannah Water Association #1 is 3.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.9 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. Savannah Water Association #1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th 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.
Other water systems in Webster County
11 other systems share Webster County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Savannah Water Association #1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Eupora | 5,586 | 1.2 ppb |
| Tomnolen Water Assn, Inc | 1,140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Mathiston | 1,090 | 2.8 ppb |
| Sapa Water System | 842 | 1.7 ppb |
| Cumberland Water Assn | 715 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mantee Water Association | 486 | 110 ppb |
| Cadaretta Water Association | 445 | 0.9 ppb |
| Webster Center Water Assn | 416 | 1.3 ppb |
| Spring Valley Water Assn | 304 | 2 ppb |
| Mt Zion Water Association | 288 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Mathiston, MS
Look up your address in Savannah Water Association #1'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 Savannah Water Association #1 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.