Jackson Co Utility Authority-West, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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.
Jackson Co Utility Authority-West at a glance
Jackson Co Utility Authority-West serves about 6,178 people through 2,340 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized 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: MS0300164; phone on file: 228-266-2225. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.2 ppb from 3.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson Co Utility Authority-West is 10.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 10.4 ppb over 10 |
How Jackson Co Utility Authority-West 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. Jackson Co Utility Authority-West's 1.1 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Mississippi and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Jackson County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson Co Utility Authority-West. 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 |
| Helena Utility District | 497 | 1.6 ppb |
| Colonial Estates # 3 | 140 | 0.31 ppb |
| Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park | 108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Krebs Trailer Plaza | 33 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Pascagoula, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pascagoula, 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 Jackson Co Utility Authority-West 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.