West Jackson Co Utility Dist, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 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.
About West Jackson Co Utility Dist
West Jackson Co Utility Dist serves about 28,544 people through 11,169 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jackson County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0300156; phone on file: 228-872-3898. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.4 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Jackson Co Utility Dist is 2.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.9 ppb |
Against other Mississippi systems
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 Jackson Co Utility Dist's 2.6 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Mississippi and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Jackson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Jackson Co Utility Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Ocean Springs | 26,168 | 2 ppb |
| City Of Pascagoula | 22,686 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Gautier | 22,253 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of Moss Point | 12,524 | 0.5 ppb |
| Jackson Co Utility Authority-East | 6,270 | 1.4 ppb |
| Jackson Co Utility Authority-West | 6,178 | 1.1 ppb |
| Helena Utility District | 497 | 1.6 ppb |
| Colonial Estates # 3 | 140 | 0.31 ppb |
| Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park | 108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Krebs Trailer Plaza | 33 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ocean 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 West Jackson Co Utility Dist 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.