Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park, 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.
About Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park
Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park serves about 108 people through 41 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jackson County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0300026; phone on file: 228-266-2225. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 3.4 ppb from 3.4 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park is 3.4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 3.4 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. Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 0th percentile in Mississippi and the 10th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Jackson County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Jackson Co Utility Dist | 28,544 | 2.6 ppb |
| City Of Ocean Springs | 26,168 | 2 ppb |
| City Of Pascagoula | 22,686 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Gautier | 22,253 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of Moss Point | 12,524 | 0.5 ppb |
| Jackson Co Utility Authority-East | 6,270 | 1.4 ppb |
| Jackson Co Utility Authority-West | 6,178 | 1.1 ppb |
| Helena Utility District | 497 | 1.6 ppb |
| Colonial Estates # 3 | 140 | 0.31 ppb |
| Krebs Trailer Plaza | 33 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park'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 Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.