Humphreys Co. W/A #3-Jaketown, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Humphreys Co. W/A #3-Jaketown at a glance
Humphreys Co. W/A #3-Jaketown serves about 731 people through 277 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 Humphreys County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0270019; phone on file: 662-247-4145. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2017 (2.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Humphreys Co. W/A #3-Jaketown is 2.9 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.9 ppb |
How Humphreys Co. W/A #3-Jaketown 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. Humphreys Co. W/A #3-Jaketown's 2 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Mississippi and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Humphreys County
9 other systems share Humphreys County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Humphreys Co. W/A #3-Jaketown. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Belzoni | 4,768 | 2.7 ppb |
| Town Of Louise | 870 | 1.9 ppb |
| Humphreys Co W/A #6-Gooden Lak | 847 | 0.6 ppb |
| Town Of Isola | 700 | 0.6 ppb |
| Humphreys Co. W/A #1-Midnight | 544 | 2 ppb |
| Humphreys Co. W/A #2-Brooklyn | 232 | 0.8 ppb |
| Town Of Silver City | 175 | 7.6 ppb |
| Humphreys Co-Tchula Lake #7 | 156 | 1 ppb |
| Humphreys Co W/A #5-Woodyard | 48 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Belzoni, 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 Humphreys Co. W/A #3-Jaketown 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.