Soso Community Water Sys. Inc, MS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Soso Community Water Sys. Inc at a glance
Soso Community Water Sys. Inc serves about 1,840 people through 697 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 Jones County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0340020. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Soso Community Water Sys. Inc's lead record
Against the period ending 2017 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Soso Community Water Sys. Inc is 0.6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0.6 ppb |
How Soso Community Water Sys. Inc 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. Soso Community Water Sys. Inc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in Mississippi and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Jones County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Soso Community Water Sys. Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Laurel | 18,100 | 1.4 ppb |
| Southwest Jones W/A-North | 6,690 | 2.4 ppb |
| Pleasant Ridge W/A | 5,808 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Ellisville | 4,600 | 8.2 ppb |
| J P Utility District | 3,839 | 1 ppb |
| Calhoun Water Association | 3,730 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glade Waterworks Assn | 3,340 | 0.7 ppb |
| Moselle Water Association | 3,002 | 0.67 ppb |
| M & M Water Association | 3,000 | 0.7 ppb |
| Sharon Water Works | 2,769 | 2.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Soso Community Water Sys. Inc's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Soso Community Water Sys. Inc 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.