Lincoln Rural W/A-Heucks Ret, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About Lincoln Rural W/A-Heucks Ret
Lincoln Rural W/A-Heucks Ret serves about 3,778 people through 1,431 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Lincoln County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0430030; phone on file: 601-833-6449. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lincoln Rural W/A-Heucks Ret's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lincoln Rural W/A-Heucks Ret is 1.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.7 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. Lincoln Rural W/A-Heucks Ret's 0.5 ppb sits at the 24th percentile in Mississippi and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Lincoln County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lincoln Rural W/A-Heucks Ret. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Brookhaven | 12,513 | 2.7 ppb |
| Topisaw Creek | 5,349 | 1.3 ppb |
| Lincoln Rural W/A-Pleasant Rid | 2,938 | 1.1 ppb |
| Lincoln Rural W/A-Beauregard | 2,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lincoln Rural W/A-Zetus | 2,204 | 1.4 ppb |
| Bogue Chitto Water Association | 2,162 | 2.1 ppb |
| Lincoln Rural W/A-Old Red Star | 2,001 | 1.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brookhaven, 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 Lincoln Rural W/A-Heucks Ret 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.