Tougaloo College, 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 Tougaloo College
Tougaloo College serves about 534 people through 30 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Madison County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0450014; phone on file: 601-977-7730. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.6 ppb from 2.6 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tougaloo College is 2.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 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. Tougaloo College's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in Mississippi and the 23rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Madison County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tougaloo College. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek W/A-West | 26,677 | 1.6 ppb |
| City Of Ridgeland | 24,340 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bear Creek W/A -East | 18,770 | 3.2 ppb |
| City Of Canton | 16,785 | 1.7 ppb |
| City Of Madison | 16,136 | 1.1 ppb |
| Cmu - Lake Caroline | 8,511 | 1.2 ppb |
| East Madison Water Assn-West | 7,339 | 1.6 ppb |
| Prvwsd-Twin Harbor | 2,973 | 0.8 ppb |
| Town Of Flora #1 | 1,653 | 0.6 ppb |
| Prvwsd-Main Harbor | 1,497 | 1.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Tougaloo College'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 Tougaloo College 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.