Harland Creek W/A-Horseshoe Lk, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.5 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
Harland Creek W/A-Horseshoe Lk serves about 129 people through 49 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Holmes County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0260043; phone on file: 662-582-4806. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Harland Creek W/A-Horseshoe Lk is 4.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.9 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. Harland Creek W/A-Horseshoe Lk's 3.5 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Mississippi and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Holmes County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Harland Creek W/A-Horseshoe Lk. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Durant | 2,932 | 0.6 ppb |
| Lebanon W/A-West | 1,742 | 0.8 ppb |
| Sweet Home Water & Sewer Dist | 1,695 | 2.7 ppb |
| Town Of Tchula | 1,642 | 1.3 ppb |
| City Of Lexington | 1,600 | 0.7 ppb |
| Town Of Pickens | 1,587 | 0.9 ppb |
| Acona Water Association #1 | 1,373 | 0.8 ppb |
| West Holmes Water Association | 1,245 | 2.1 ppb |
| Town Of Goodman | 1,188 | 1.5 ppb |
| Harland Creek Community W/A-B | 1,177 | 2.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lexington, 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 Harland Creek W/A-Horseshoe Lk 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.