Town Of Jumpertown, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 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.
Who runs the water here
Town Of Jumpertown serves about 1,300 people through 560 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 Prentiss County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0590009; phone on file: 662-728-3658. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Town Of Jumpertown's lead record
That is up 1.9 ppb from 0.7 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Jumpertown is 2.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.9 ppb |
How Town Of Jumpertown 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. Town Of Jumpertown's 2.6 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Mississippi and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Prentiss County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Town Of Jumpertown. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Booneville Water Dept. | 9,995 | 0.7 ppb |
| Wheeler-Frankstown Water Assn | 4,204 | 1.2 ppb |
| Big V Water Association | 3,878 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Baldwyn | 3,066 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holcut-Cairo Water Assn | 2,513 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Candler Water Association | 1,531 | 0.3 ppb |
| Thrasher Water Association | 1,400 | 1 ppb |
| New Site Water Association | 1,373 | 0.9 ppb |
| Blackland Water Association | 1,127 | 0.9 ppb |
| Town Of Marietta | 781 | 3.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Booneville, 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 Jumpertown 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.