Nts Utility Association, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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 Nts Utility Association
Nts Utility Association serves about 5,103 people through 1,933 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 Lauderdale County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0380028; phone on file: 601-483-6557. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nts Utility Association is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 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. Nts Utility Association's 1.3 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Mississippi and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Lauderdale County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nts Utility Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Meridian | 34,466 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Lauderdale W/A, Inc | 10,544 | 2.6 ppb |
| Clarkdale Water Assn # 1 | 4,500 | 0.7 ppb |
| Long Creek Water Assn #2 | 3,977 | 0.6 ppb |
| Toomsuba Water Association | 3,828 | 0.5 ppb |
| Collinsville Water Assn | 3,403 | 0 (not detected) |
| Long Creek Water Assn #1 | 2,814 | 0.8 ppb |
| Meridian Naval Air Station | 2,800 | 0.5 ppb |
| Southwest Lauderdale W/A | 2,724 | 5 ppb |
| Russell Utilities Inc | 2,130 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Meridian, 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 Nts Utility 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.