Town Of Sumner, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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 Sumner
Town Of Sumner serves about 517 people through 196 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 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0680011; phone on file: 662-375-8773. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Sumner is 1.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.2 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 Sumner's 1.1 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Mississippi and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Tallahatchie County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Sumner. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charleston Utilities | 3,100 | 0.7 ppb |
| North Tallahatchie W/A | 3,089 | 1.3 ppb |
| Blue Cane, Cowart & Tippo W/A. | 1,191 | 3.7 ppb |
| Town Of Tutwiler | 1,040 | 1.4 ppb |
| Cascilla Water Association | 837 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Tallahatchie Utl Assn | 713 | 0.7 ppb |
| Paynes Water Association | 531 | 1.2 ppb |
| Philipp Water Association | 518 | 5.3 ppb |
| Town Of Webb | 416 | 1.8 ppb |
| Brazil-Sumner Water Assn. | 290 | 2.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sumner, 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 Sumner 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.