Mary Springs Water Association, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
Mary Springs Water Association serves about 995 people through 377 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 Amite County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0030005; phone on file: 601-684-8130. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Mary Springs Water Association's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mary Springs Water Association is 4.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.8 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. Mary Springs Water Association's 1.9 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Mississippi and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Amite County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mary Springs Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| N Central Amite Water Assn | 2,872 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilk-Amite W/A #1-South | 2,149 | 1.1 ppb |
| Northeast Amite Water Assn | 1,816 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Liberty | 1,069 | 2.5 ppb |
| Town Of Gloster | 960 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coles Water Association #1 | 694 | 0.8 ppb |
| Town Of Crosby | 300 | 3 ppb |
| Pine Street Water Association | 235 | 4 ppb |
| Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest | 121 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mccomb, 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 Mary Springs 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.