Big V Water Association, MS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Big V Water Association serves about 3,878 people through 1,474 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Prentiss County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0590002; phone on file: 662-728-6901. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Big V Water Association is 1.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 973 Mississippi systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 44 have gone over at some point. Big V Water Association's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 15th percentile in Mississippi and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Prentiss County
11 other systems share Prentiss County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Big V Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Booneville Water Dept. | 9,995 | 0.7 ppb |
| Wheeler-Frankstown Water Assn | 4,204 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Baldwyn | 3,066 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holcut-Cairo Water Assn | 2,513 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Candler Water Association | 1,531 | 0.3 ppb |
| Thrasher Water Association | 1,400 | 1 ppb |
| New Site Water Association | 1,373 | 0.9 ppb |
| Town Of Jumpertown | 1,300 | 2.6 ppb |
| Blackland Water Association | 1,127 | 0.9 ppb |
| Town Of Marietta | 781 | 3.9 ppb |
Next steps for Booneville, MS
Look up your address in Big V Water Association's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Big V Water Association whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.