Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay, MS Water Quality
Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay: EPA violation history, explained
Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 11,790, over 4,319 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay ranks 4,620th by violation burden (64th percentile) - 271 violations total, 3 health-based.
How Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay compares within MS
Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay's 3 health-based violations sit within the MS average of 3.1, across 361 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule Revisions
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,620th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.