Tap Truth EPA drinking water records, in plain English

Public water system record

PRVWSD-Pelahatchie Bay

Serves an area of Rankin County, MS · 11,790 people served

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

  • MS0610036
  • RIDGELAND
  • MS
  • 11,790 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 39158
EPA system ID MS0610036

Verify this system on EPA ECHO →

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

Key facts

  • PRVWSD-Pelahatchie Bay draws water from 4 wells.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Mississippi, January 1999.
  • Record on file since 2000, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,163 service lines.

Check whether PRVWSD-Pelahatchie Bay serves your address

Address suggestions by Mapbox

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
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 2000

EPA's records for PRVWSD-Pelahatchie Bay go back to 2000. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 265 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 1 140
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 125
2020s 1 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2011, Resolved.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 8, 2000 Archived

Enforcement actions

Mississippi regulators issued 1 boil water order to PRVWSD-Pelahatchie Bay in 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

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

PRVWSD-Pelahatchie Bay draws water from 4 wells.

Annual water quality report

PRVWSD-Pelahatchie Bay 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.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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