Town Of Hatley, 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.
Who runs the water here
Town Of Hatley serves about 1,962 people through 743 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Monroe County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0480008; phone on file: 662-256-7245. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Hatley is 1 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 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. Town Of Hatley's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in Mississippi and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Monroe County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Hatley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Amory | 9,350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Aberdeen | 7,783 | 0.6 ppb |
| Cason Water Association | 4,570 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hamilton Water District | 4,029 | 0 (not detected) |
| Quincy Water Association #1 | 3,519 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wren W/A | 3,068 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Smithville | 2,062 | 0.8 ppb |
| Quincy Water Association #2 | 1,246 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gaines-Trace Water Association | 1,214 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coontail Water Association | 1,170 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Amory, MS
Look up your address in Town Of Hatley'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 Hatley 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.