Town Of Guntown, 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.
Town Of Guntown at a glance
Town Of Guntown serves about 3,577 people through 1,355 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Lee County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0410006; phone on file: 662-348-5353. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Guntown is 1.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.5 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. Town Of Guntown's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 15th percentile in Mississippi and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Lee County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Guntown. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Tupelo | 37,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Saltillo | 6,766 | 0.5 ppb |
| Mooreville-Richmond W/A #1 | 3,807 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old Union Water System | 3,749 | 0.7 ppb |
| Mooreville Richmond #3 | 3,419 | 1 ppb |
| Mooreville-Richmond W/A #2 | 3,200 | 2.7 ppb |
| City Of Verona | 2,792 | 0.55 ppb |
| North Lee W/A #1-Barnes Crosng | 2,672 | 0.9 ppb |
| North Lee W/A-Beech Springs | 2,556 | 0.5 ppb |
| City Point Water Association | 2,479 | 0.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Town Of Guntown'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 Town Of Guntown 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.