City Of Holly Springs, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
City Of Holly Springs serves about 9,779 people through 3,690 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Marshall County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0470002; phone on file: 662-252-4652. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 12.1 ppb from 12.7 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Holly Springs is 12.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 12.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 10.1 ppb over 10 |
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. City Of Holly Springs's 0.6 ppb sits at the 31st percentile in Mississippi and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Marshall County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Holly Springs. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Marshall Co Water Assn | 5,599 | 0.7 ppb |
| Town Of Byhalia | 4,446 | 0.8 ppb |
| Bcm Water Association | 1,898 | 1.4 ppb |
| Town Of Potts Camp | 1,085 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Victoria | 143 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Holly 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 City Of Holly Springs 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.