Ms Gulf Coast Community College, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 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.
About Ms Gulf Coast Community College
Ms Gulf Coast Community College serves about 600 people through 2 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Stone County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0660003; phone on file: 601-928-6230. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ms Gulf Coast Community College's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ms Gulf Coast Community College is 2.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
Against other Mississippi systems
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. Ms Gulf Coast Community College's 0.5 ppb sits at the 21st percentile in Mississippi and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Stone County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ms Gulf Coast Community College. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Wiggins | 4,300 | 0.9 ppb |
| Magnolia Water Association | 2,107 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carnes Water Association #2 | 2,025 | 0.7 ppb |
| Sunflower Utility Assc Inc | 1,880 | 1.2 ppb |
| New Zion Utilities, Inc | 1,803 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mchenry Utility Assn, Inc | 1,653 | 0.6 ppb |
| Flint Creek Utility Assn | 346 | 0.4 ppb |
| Stone County Utility Authority | 116 | 0.3 ppb |
Next steps for Perkinston, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Perkinston, 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 Ms Gulf Coast Community College 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.