Hancock County Utility Authority, MS
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
Hancock County Utility Authority at a glance
Hancock County Utility Authority serves about 0 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Hancock County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0230069; phone on file: 228-467-3702. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Hancock County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Diamondhead Utilities-North | 12,577 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Bay St Louis | 9,284 | 9 ppb |
| Kiln Utility And Fire District Of Hancoc | 7,051 | 1.1 ppb |
| City Of Waveland | 6,400 | 7.9 ppb |
| Standard Dedeaux Water Association | 5,386 | 0.8 ppb |
| Stennis Space Center | 4,700 | 5 ppb |
| Hancock County Water & Sewer | 3,254 | 6.3 ppb |
| Hancock County Water & Sewer- Bayside | 2,458 | - |
| Pearlington Water And Sewer District | 1,412 | 1.4 ppb |
| Sunrise Mobile Home Park | 25 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Waveland, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Waveland, 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 Hancock County Utility Authority 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.