Topisaw Creek, 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.
Who runs the water here
Topisaw Creek serves about 5,349 people through 2,026 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 Lincoln County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0430029; phone on file: 601-835-0712. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Topisaw Creek's lead record
That is up 1.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Topisaw Creek is 1.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.1 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. Topisaw Creek's 1.3 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Mississippi and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Lincoln County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Topisaw Creek. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Brookhaven | 12,513 | 2.7 ppb |
| Lincoln Rural W/A-Heucks Ret | 3,778 | 0.5 ppb |
| Lincoln Rural W/A-Pleasant Rid | 2,938 | 1.1 ppb |
| Lincoln Rural W/A-Beauregard | 2,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lincoln Rural W/A-Zetus | 2,204 | 1.4 ppb |
| Bogue Chitto Water Association | 2,162 | 2.1 ppb |
| Lincoln Rural W/A-Old Red Star | 2,001 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Ruth, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ruth, 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 Topisaw Creek 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.