Hidden Valley Light Assn, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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
Hidden Valley Light Assn serves about 61 people through 23 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 Tate County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0690053; phone on file: 662-288-9208. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 6 ppb from 7.4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hidden Valley Light Assn is 7.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How Hidden Valley Light 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. Hidden Valley Light Assn's 1.4 ppb sits at the 64th percentile in Mississippi and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Tate County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hidden Valley Light Assn. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Senatobia | 8,354 | 1 ppb |
| Strayhorn W/A-Crockett | 2,801 | 0.7 ppb |
| Town Of Coldwater | 1,381 | 1.3 ppb |
| Looxahoma Water Association | 792 | 1.7 ppb |
| Cottonville-Savage W/A Inc. | 498 | 1.4 ppb |
| Arkabutla Water Association | 454 | 1.1 ppb |
| Oakdale Estates And Lake Suente | 135 | 1.6 ppb |
| Crestfield Water Association | 74 | 0.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Coldwater, 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 Hidden Valley Light 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.