West Hill Water Association, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8.4 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.
West Hill Water Association at a glance
West Hill Water Association serves about 300 people through 144 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Holmes County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0260018; phone on file: 662-582-2907. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
West Hill Water Association's lead record
That is up 8.4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Hill Water Association is 8.4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. West Hill Water Association's 8.4 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Mississippi and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Holmes County
19 other systems share Holmes County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Hill Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Durant | 2,932 | 0.6 ppb |
| Lebanon W/A-West | 1,742 | 0.8 ppb |
| Sweet Home Water & Sewer Dist | 1,695 | 2.7 ppb |
| Town Of Tchula | 1,642 | 1.3 ppb |
| City Of Lexington | 1,600 | 0.7 ppb |
| Town Of Pickens | 1,587 | 0.9 ppb |
| Acona Water Association #1 | 1,373 | 0.8 ppb |
| West Holmes Water Association | 1,245 | 2.1 ppb |
| Town Of Goodman | 1,188 | 1.5 ppb |
| Harland Creek Community W/A-B | 1,177 | 2.3 ppb |
Next steps for Lexington, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lexington, 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 West Hill Water Association 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.