Blue Springs 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 Blue Springs W/A
Blue Springs W/A serves about 1,840 people through 703 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: MS0730002; phone on file: 662-534-2021. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Blue Springs W/A's lead record
That is down 3.1 ppb from 3.9 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blue Springs W/A is 3.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.6 ppb |
How Blue Springs W/A compares
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. Blue Springs W/A's 0.8 ppb sits at the 40th percentile in Mississippi and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Union County
11 other systems share Union County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blue Springs 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Alpine Water Association | 866 | 1.3 ppb |
Your move
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 Blue Springs 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.