Pine Street Water Association, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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 Pine Street Water Association
Pine Street Water Association serves about 235 people through 89 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 Amite County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0030006. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.7 ppb from 0.3 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pine Street Water Association is 4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.1 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. Pine Street Water Association's 4 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Mississippi and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Amite County
9 other systems share Amite County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pine Street Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| N Central Amite Water Assn | 2,872 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilk-Amite W/A #1-South | 2,149 | 1.1 ppb |
| Northeast Amite Water Assn | 1,816 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Liberty | 1,069 | 2.5 ppb |
| Mary Springs Water Association | 995 | 1.9 ppb |
| Town Of Gloster | 960 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coles Water Association #1 | 694 | 0.8 ppb |
| Town Of Crosby | 300 | 3 ppb |
| Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest | 121 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gloster, 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 Pine Street 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.