Public water system record
Prentiss-Alcorn Water Assn
Serves an area of Alcorn County and Prentiss County, MS · 2,318 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Prentiss-Alcorn Water Assn in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Prentiss-Alcorn Water Assn draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Mississippi, July 1999.
- Record on file since 1991, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 964 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Prentiss-Alcorn Water Assn go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 86 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 15 |
| 2000s | 0 | 41 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 30 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began May 1991, Archived.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1991 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Mississippi regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Prentiss-Alcorn Water Assn in 1999. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in July 1999.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 1999 | Mississippi | Compliance order with a penalty | 11 violations: Nickel, Selenium, Barium, Beryllium, Total, Chromium (total) |
Where the water comes from
Prentiss-Alcorn Water Assn draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Prentiss-Alcorn Water Assn must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Mississippi.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells