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Big Black Water Association

Serves an area of Madison County, MS · 1,080 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Big Black Water Association in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • MS0450003
  • CANTON
  • MS
  • 1,080 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 39046
EPA system ID MS0450003

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Big Black Water Association draws water from 2 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Mississippi, June 2012.
  • Record on file since 1981, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 327 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

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved

Full record since 1981

EPA's records for Big Black Water Association go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (4 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 141 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 1
1990s 0 1
2000s 5 77
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 62
2020s 1 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began January 2012, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2011 Archived
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2004 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 25, 2002 Archived

Enforcement actions

Mississippi regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Big Black Water Association in 2012. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2012.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 21, 2012 Mississippi Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

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

Big Black Water Association draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Big Black Water Association 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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