Town Of Mathiston, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Town Of Mathiston
Town Of Mathiston serves about 1,090 people through 423 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 Webster County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0780007; phone on file: 662-263-4898. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Town Of Mathiston's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (2.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Mathiston is 4.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.5 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 Mathiston's 2.8 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Mississippi and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Webster County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Town Of Mathiston. 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 |
| Savannah Water Association #1 | 1,434 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tomnolen Water Assn, Inc | 1,140 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mathiston, MS may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Town Of Mathiston 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.