Multi-Mart Water Association, MS
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 14.9 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Multi-Mart Water Association
Multi-Mart Water Association serves about 1,785 people through 756 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 George County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0200005; phone on file: 601-947-4669. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Multi-Mart Water Association's lead record
That is up 5.6 ppb from 9.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Multi-Mart Water Association is 14.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.9 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 9.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 13.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 8 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. Multi-Mart Water Association's 14.9 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Mississippi and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share George County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Multi-Mart Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Combined Utilities | 6,658 | 2.6 ppb |
| City Of Lucedale | 3,164 | 3.6 ppb |
| Rocky Creek Utilities, Inc | 2,095 | 1.7 ppb |
| Bexley Water Association | 1,486 | 1.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lucedale, 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 Multi-Mart 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.