North Pike Water Association, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 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. 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
North Pike Water Association serves about 5,359 people through 2,030 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Pike County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0570008; phone on file: 601-684-8130. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Pike Water Association is 5.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.5 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. North Pike Water Association's 1.5 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Mississippi and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Pike County
10 other systems share Pike County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Pike 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 Mccomb | 12,041 | 5.6 ppb |
| Sunnyhill Water Association | 3,833 | 1.1 ppb |
| Magnolia Rural Water Assn | 2,922 | 0 (not detected) |
| Friendship Community W/A | 2,434 | 6 ppb |
| City Of Magnolia | 2,307 | 1.4 ppb |
| East Pike Water Assn. | 2,107 | 0 (not detected) |
| Homestead Water Association | 1,832 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Summit | 1,502 | 1.6 ppb |
| Sw Ms Comm College | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Osyka | 420 | 0.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Summit, 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 North Pike 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.