Fentress Community W/S, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Fentress Community W/S
Fentress Community W/S serves about 544 people through 206 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Choctaw County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0100003; phone on file: 662-312-7573. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Fentress Community W/S's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fentress Community W/S is 1.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Fentress Community W/S's 1.1 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Mississippi and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Choctaw County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fentress Community W/S. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Reform Water Association | 1,742 | 0.9 ppb |
| Town Of Ackerman | 1,594 | 1.7 ppb |
| French Camp W/A #1 | 1,478 | 1 ppb |
| Simpson Water Association #1 | 1,426 | 1.1 ppb |
| Pan Handle Water Association | 990 | 1 ppb |
| Choctaw Water Assn | 583 | 3.9 ppb |
| Town Of Weir | 560 | 1.4 ppb |
| Union W/A | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pan Handle W/A #2 | 198 | 1 ppb |
| French Camp Academy | 143 | 2.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ackerman, MS may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Fentress Community W/S 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.