Independence Water Association, MS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Independence Water Association serves about 2,035 people through 807 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 Panola County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0540011; phone on file: 662-701-7697. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Independence Water Association's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Independence Water Association is 0.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.5 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. Independence Water Association's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in Mississippi and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Panola County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Independence Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Batesville | 7,463 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Sardis | 3,439 | 0.9 ppb |
| North Panola Water District | 2,145 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hotophia Water Association | 2,086 | 1.13 ppb |
| Pope-Courtland W/A-North | 1,713 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sardis Lake Community W/A | 1,521 | 0.5 ppb |
| Enon-Locke-Curtis Water Assn | 1,460 | 1.9 ppb |
| Town Of Como | 1,279 | 0.99 ppb |
| Eureka Water Association | 1,172 | 0.5 ppb |
| Hebron Water Association | 1,146 | 1.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Independence Water Association'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 Independence Water Association 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.