Oktoc Water Association #1, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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.
Oktoc Water Association #1 at a glance
Oktoc Water Association #1 serves about 2,587 people through 980 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 Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0530014; phone on file: 662-324-7388. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (2.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oktoc Water Association #1 is 2.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.5 ppb |
How Oktoc Water Association #1 compares
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. Oktoc Water Association #1's 1.3 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Mississippi and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Oktibbeha County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oktoc Water Association #1. 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 |
| Ms State University | 15,000 | 1.6 ppb |
| Clayton Village W/A #1-East | 4,984 | 3.31 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 |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Starkville, 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 Oktoc Water Association #1 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.