Billys Creek Rural W/A, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 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 Billys Creek Rural W/A
Billys Creek Rural W/A serves about 1,532 people through 766 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 Yalobusha County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0810015; phone on file: 662-473-0019. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Billys Creek Rural W/A is 3.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.2 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. Billys Creek Rural W/A's 0.8 ppb sits at the 39th percentile in Mississippi and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Yalobusha County
14 other systems share Yalobusha County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Billys Creek Rural W/A. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Water Valley | 3,380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yalobusha Water/Sewer Dist #1 | 1,422 | 1.1 ppb |
| Jeff Davis W/A Inc | 1,312 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tillatoba Water Association | 1,200 | 0.6 ppb |
| Tri-Lakes Water Assn-West | 1,059 | 0.6 ppb |
| Town Of Coffeeville | 905 | 2.1 ppb |
| Town Of Oakland | 579 | 0.7 ppb |
| Yalobusha Water/Sewer Dist #2 | 537 | 0.5 ppb |
| East End Water Association | 479 | 0.8 ppb |
| Tri-Lakes Water Assn-East | 407 | 0.9 ppb |
Next steps for Water Valley, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Water Valley, 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 Billys Creek Rural W/A 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.