Town Of New Houlka, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.28 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.
Town Of New Houlka at a glance
Town Of New Houlka serves about 1,515 people through 574 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 Chickasaw County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0090003; phone on file: 662-568-2745. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2017 (1.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of New Houlka is 2.28 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.28 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.9 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 New Houlka's 2.28 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Mississippi and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Chickasaw County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of New Houlka. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Houston | 3,772 | 4.6 ppb |
| City Of Okolona | 2,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sparta Water Association #1 | 2,532 | 1.2 ppb |
| Southeast Chickasaw W/A #1 | 1,969 | 6.2 ppb |
| Thorn Water Association | 1,756 | 2.6 ppb |
| Houlka-Houston W/A | 1,668 | 0.6 ppb |
| East Chickasaw W/A #1 | 1,463 | 2.5 ppb |
| East Chickasaw W/A #2 | 1,238 | 0.7 ppb |
| Atlanta Water System, Inc. | 700 | 0.8 ppb |
| Ccm, Inc | 380 | 1.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Houlka, 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 New Houlka 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.