Town Of Bay Springs, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 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
Town Of Bay Springs serves about 2,925 people through 1,204 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jasper County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0310002; phone on file: 601-670-1523. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 6 ppb from 8.2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Bay Springs is 8.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 8.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.8 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. Town Of Bay Springs's 2.2 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Mississippi and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jasper County
15 other systems share Jasper County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Bay Springs. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Stringer Water Works | 3,556 | 1.4 ppb |
| Tallahala W/A-Antioch | 3,427 | 1 ppb |
| Philadelphia Water Assn | 2,062 | 2.4 ppb |
| Tri-County W/A #1-Jasper | 1,861 | 0.6 ppb |
| Tri-County W/A #3-Summerland | 1,853 | 1.8 ppb |
| Beaverdam W/A-North | 1,800 | 1.2 ppb |
| Beaver Meadow Waterworks Association | 1,687 | 1.6 ppb |
| Tallahala W/A-Garlandsville | 1,534 | 1.1 ppb |
| Paulding Water Association | 1,363 | 3.4 ppb |
| Rose Hill Water Association | 1,280 | 0.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bay Springs, 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 Town Of Bay Springs 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.