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Town of Wesson

Serves Wesson, Copiah County, MS · 1,891 people served

Federal records show 7 health-based violations and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Wesson in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • MS0150011
  • WESSON
  • MS
  • 1,891 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 39191
EPA system ID MS0150011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
7
Resolved
7
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
13

Key facts

  • Town of Wesson draws water from 2 wells.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Mississippi, January 1999.
  • Record on file since 2003, with 0 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 549 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Feb 27, 2020 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Nov 4, 2019 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Nov 4, 2019 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Nov 4, 2019 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Nov 4, 2019 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Nov 4, 2019 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 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, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
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.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2019 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 2003

EPA's records for Town of Wesson go back to 2003. Before October 20, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 60 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 41
2010 to October 19, 2016 0 19
October 20, 2016 to 2019 5 3
2020s 2 10

Enforcement actions

Mississippi regulators issued 3 boil water orders to Town of Wesson between 1997 and 1999. The most recent was a boil water order in January 1999.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 14, 1999 Mississippi Boil water order 1 violation
May 19, 1997 Mississippi Boil water order 1 violation
Apr 7, 1997 Mississippi Boil water order 1 violation

What the violations mean

Groundwater Rule

6 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Groundwater Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Town of Wesson draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Town of Wesson 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.

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Testing your own water

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