Hudspeth Center, 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.
About Hudspeth Center
Hudspeth Center serves about 1,000 people through 30 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Rankin County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0610097; phone on file: 601-664-6000. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hudspeth Center is 3.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 3.4 ppb |
Against other Mississippi systems
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. Hudspeth Center's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in Mississippi and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Rankin County; 33 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hudspeth Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Brandon | 31,852 | 1.6 ppb |
| City Of Flowood | 31,574 | 1.6 ppb |
| City Of Pearl | 27,115 | 1.2 ppb |
| Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay | 11,790 | 2 ppb |
| Fannin Water Assn-North | 7,690 | 2.7 ppb |
| City Of Richland | 7,000 | 0.7 ppb |
| Greenfield Water Association | 6,088 | 1.5 ppb |
| Town Of Florence | 5,824 | 1.4 ppb |
| City Of Flowood - Noranco | 4,274 | 0.9 ppb |
| Langford Water Association | 4,013 | 1.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Hudspeth Center'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 Hudspeth Center 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.