Town Of Moorhead, 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 Town Of Moorhead
Town Of Moorhead serves about 2,301 people through 583 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 Sunflower County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0670008; phone on file: 662-246-5461. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Town Of Moorhead's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Moorhead is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.9 ppb |
| 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 Moorhead's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 12th percentile in Mississippi and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Sunflower County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Moorhead. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Indianola | 9,464 | 0.5 ppb |
| Fmh Water Association | 2,740 | 0.7 ppb |
| City Of Ruleville | 2,657 | 1.3 ppb |
| Ms State Penitentiary-Mn Ln | 2,500 | 2.6 ppb |
| City Of Drew | 2,300 | 1.6 ppb |
| Town Of Sunflower | 1,900 | 4.1 ppb |
| So. Sunflower W/A-Inverness | 898 | 0.78 ppb |
| Town Of Inverness | 839 | 1.1 ppb |
| Sunflower Water Assn | 473 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Doddsville | 264 | 0.8 ppb |
Next steps for Moorhead, MS
Look up your address in Town Of Moorhead'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 Moorhead 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.