Ellison Ridge Water Assn, MS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Ellison Ridge Water Assn at a glance
Ellison Ridge Water Assn serves about 1,287 people through 425 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 Winston County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0800013; phone on file: 662-773-3282. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ellison Ridge Water Assn is 0.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.5 ppb |
How Ellison Ridge Water Assn 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. Ellison Ridge Water Assn's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Mississippi and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Winston County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ellison Ridge 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 Louisville | 7,545 | 0 (not detected) |
| Highpoint Water Association #1 | 1,940 | 3.26 ppb |
| Town Of Noxapater | 1,713 | 0 (not detected) |
| Liberty-Plattsburg W/A #2 | 1,412 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bond Water Association #1 | 1,299 | 2.5 ppb |
| Southeast Noxapater Water Assn | 1,188 | 11.8 ppb |
| Nanih-Waiya Water Association | 1,127 | 0.5 ppb |
| Pugh'S Mill Water Association | 924 | 5.8 ppb |
| Calvary Water Association | 900 | 0.7 ppb |
| City Of Louisville - Northeast | 780 | 2.3 ppb |
Next steps for Louisville, MS
Look up your address in Ellison Ridge Water Assn's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ellison Ridge 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.