Tombigbee W/A, 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.
Who runs the water here
Tombigbee W/A serves about 1,581 people through 609 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws surface water, in Itawamba County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0290009; phone on file: 662-282-4787. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tombigbee W/A is 1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Tombigbee W/A 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. Tombigbee W/A'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.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Itawamba County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tombigbee W/A. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Fulton | 9,929 | 4.4 ppb |
| Dorsey Water Association | 2,561 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ne Itawamba W/A #1-Ridge | 2,537 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Mantachie | 2,138 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ne Itawamba W/A #2-Salem | 2,054 | 0 (not detected) |
| Houston-Palestine Water Assoc | 1,563 | 2.5 ppb |
| Town Of Tremont | 985 | 0 (not detected) |
| N. E. Ms. Regional W/S | - | - |
Next steps for Mantachie, MS
Look up your address in Tombigbee W/A'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 Tombigbee 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.