Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest, MS
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest at a glance
Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest serves about 121 people through 46 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 Amite County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0030021; phone on file: 601-225-4072. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest's lead record
That is down 8.6 ppb from 8.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest is 33.3 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 33.3 ppb over 15 |
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. Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 0th percentile in Mississippi and the 11th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Amite County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| N Central Amite Water Assn | 2,872 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilk-Amite W/A #1-South | 2,149 | 1.1 ppb |
| Northeast Amite Water Assn | 1,816 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Liberty | 1,069 | 2.5 ppb |
| Mary Springs Water Association | 995 | 1.9 ppb |
| Town Of Gloster | 960 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coles Water Association #1 | 694 | 0.8 ppb |
| Town Of Crosby | 300 | 3 ppb |
| Pine Street Water Association | 235 | 4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gloster, 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 Wilk-Amite W/A #2-Northwest whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2077.9 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.