New Liberty Water Association, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 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.
Who runs the water here
New Liberty Water Association serves about 420 people through 159 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Calhoun County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0070012; phone on file: 662-983-0931. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.8 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Liberty Water Association is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 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. New Liberty Water Association's 1.2 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Mississippi and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Calhoun County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Liberty Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bruce | 2,798 | 0.9 ppb |
| Mt Comfort W/A-Banner | 2,442 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Calhoun City | 2,101 | 1.6 ppb |
| Town Of Vardaman | 1,610 | 14.3 ppb |
| Cross-Roads Water Association | 1,125 | 3.6 ppb |
| Mt Comfort W/A | 1,085 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Pittsboro | 1,077 | 1.9 ppb |
| Mt Comfort W/A-Mt Moriah | 1,011 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Derma | 957 | 0.7 ppb |
| Big Creek Water Association | 731 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Vardaman, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Vardaman, 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 New Liberty 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.