Dumas-Pine Grove Water Assn, 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.
Dumas-Pine Grove Water Assn at a glance
Dumas-Pine Grove Water Assn serves about 2,582 people through 978 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 Tippah County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0700012; phone on file: 662-837-6118. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Dumas-Pine Grove Water Assn's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dumas-Pine Grove Water Assn is 0.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.6 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. Dumas-Pine Grove Water Assn's 0.8 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Mississippi and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Tippah County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dumas-Pine Grove Water Assn. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Ripley | 11,351 | 0.9 ppb |
| Town Of Falkner | 2,780 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Blue Mountain | 2,049 | 0.5 ppb |
| Chalybeate Water Assn | 1,782 | 2.5 ppb |
| Town Of Walnut | 1,449 | 0.6 ppb |
| Shady Grove Water Association | 1,233 | 0.9 ppb |
| Tiplersville Water Association | 1,188 | 0 (not detected) |
| Three Forks Water Association | 1,185 | 1.1 ppb |
| Mitchell Water Association | 1,146 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spout Springs W/A | 607 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Dumas, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dumas, 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 Dumas-Pine Grove Water Assn 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.