Alpine Water Association, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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.
Who runs the water here
Alpine Water Association serves about 866 people through 328 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Union County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0730001; phone on file: 662-316-6194. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Alpine Water Association is 1.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
| 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. Alpine Water Association's 1.3 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Mississippi and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Union County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Alpine Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of New Albany | 8,900 | 2.69 ppb |
| Wallerville Water Association | 2,886 | 0.5 ppb |
| Ingomar Water Association | 2,782 | 1.8 ppb |
| Keownville Rural Water Assn | 2,663 | 1.1 ppb |
| Town Of Myrtle | 2,037 | 0.8 ppb |
| Blue Springs W/A | 1,840 | 0.8 ppb |
| Hwy 30 West Water Association | 1,716 | 0.8 ppb |
| Mud Creek Water Association #4 | 1,243 | 0.6 ppb |
| Bethlehem Water Association | 937 | 1 ppb |
| North Haven Water Association | 930 | 3.6 ppb |
Next steps for Blue Springs, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Blue Springs, 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 Alpine Water Association 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.