Ms State University, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 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 Ms State University
Ms State University serves about 15,000 people through 285 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0530012; phone on file: 662-325-5830. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.7 ppb from 3.3 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ms State University is 4.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.6 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. Ms State University's 1.6 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Mississippi and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Oktibbeha County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ms State University. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Starkville | 32,027 | 1.7 ppb |
| Clayton Village W/A #1-East | 4,984 | 3.31 ppb |
| Oktoc Water Association #1 | 2,587 | 1.3 ppb |
| Adaton W/A #1-Josey Creek | 2,170 | 1.5 ppb |
| Talking Warrior Water Assn #1 | 1,539 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chapel Hill-Pleasant Grove W/A | 1,175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sessums Water Association | 1,117 | 0.9 ppb |
| Black Jack Water Assn #1 | 1,024 | 0.5 ppb |
| Rock Hill Water Association | 915 | 1.7 ppb |
| Double Springs Water Assn | 797 | 0.68 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mississippi State, 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 State University 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.