Truelight Redevelopment Grp #2, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 ppb (monitoring period 2015-2017). 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
Truelight Redevelopment Grp #2 serves about 546 people through 207 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 Sharkey County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0630037; phone on file: 662-571-2473. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Truelight Redevelopment Grp #2's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Truelight Redevelopment Grp #2 is 0.8 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.8 ppb |
How Truelight Redevelopment Grp #2 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. Truelight Redevelopment Grp #2's 0.8 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Mississippi and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Sharkey County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Truelight Redevelopment Grp #2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Rolling Fork | 1,808 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Anguilla | 729 | 0.7 ppb |
| Town Of Cary | 591 | 1.9 ppb |
| Delta City Utility District | 230 | 2.31 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Anguilla, 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 Truelight Redevelopment Grp #2 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.