Freeny W/A #2-Rosebud System, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 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.
Who runs the water here
Freeny W/A #2-Rosebud System serves about 2,550 people through 966 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 Leake County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0400018; phone on file: 601-267-8266. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Freeny W/A #2-Rosebud System's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Freeny W/A #2-Rosebud System is 1.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.3 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. Freeny W/A #2-Rosebud System's 0.5 ppb sits at the 23rd percentile in Mississippi and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Leake County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Freeny W/A #2-Rosebud System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Carthage | 4,901 | 1 ppb |
| Freeny W/A #1 | 2,962 | 0.7 ppb |
| Southwest Leake Water Assn | 2,463 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Providence Water Assn | 2,226 | 2 ppb |
| Marydell Water Association | 1,573 | 1 ppb |
| Edinburg Domestic Water Association | 1,375 | 0.8 ppb |
| Thomastown Water Association | 908 | 0.6 ppb |
| Town Of Walnut Grove | 510 | 1.8 ppb |
| Goshen Water Association | 380 | 0.3 ppb |
| Pilgrim Rest Water Association | 359 | 1.4 ppb |
Next steps for Carthage, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Carthage, 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 Freeny W/A #2-Rosebud System 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.