Kiln Utility And Fire District Of Hancoc, 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.
Who runs the water here
Kiln Utility And Fire District Of Hancoc serves about 7,051 people through 2,671 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 Hancock County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0230050; phone on file: 228-255-2595. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Kiln Utility And Fire District Of Hancoc's lead record
That is down 1.4 ppb from 2.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kiln Utility And Fire District Of Hancoc is 2.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.7 ppb |
How Kiln Utility And Fire District Of Hancoc 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. Kiln Utility And Fire District Of Hancoc's 1.1 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Mississippi and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Hancock County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kiln Utility And Fire District Of Hancoc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Diamondhead Utilities-North | 12,577 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Bay St Louis | 9,284 | 9 ppb |
| City Of Waveland | 6,400 | 7.9 ppb |
| Standard Dedeaux Water Association | 5,386 | 0.8 ppb |
| Stennis Space Center | 4,700 | 5 ppb |
| Hancock County Water & Sewer | 3,254 | 6.3 ppb |
| Hancock County Water & Sewer- Bayside | 2,458 | - |
| Pearlington Water And Sewer District | 1,412 | 1.4 ppb |
| Sunrise Mobile Home Park | 25 | 1.6 ppb |
| Hancock County Utility Authority | - | - |
Next steps for Kiln, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kiln, 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 Kiln Utility And Fire District Of Hancoc 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.