Prvwsd-Highway 43, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Prvwsd-Highway 43 at a glance
Prvwsd-Highway 43 serves about 784 people through 247 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Rankin County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0610035; phone on file: 601-856-6574. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Prvwsd-Highway 43's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Prvwsd-Highway 43 is 1.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 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. Prvwsd-Highway 43's 1.8 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Mississippi and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Rankin County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Prvwsd-Highway 43. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Brandon | 31,852 | 1.6 ppb |
| City Of Flowood | 31,574 | 1.6 ppb |
| City Of Pearl | 27,115 | 1.2 ppb |
| Prvwsd-Pelahatchie Bay | 11,790 | 2 ppb |
| Fannin Water Assn-North | 7,690 | 2.7 ppb |
| City Of Richland | 7,000 | 0.7 ppb |
| Greenfield Water Association | 6,088 | 1.5 ppb |
| Town Of Florence | 5,824 | 1.4 ppb |
| City Of Flowood - Noranco | 4,274 | 0.9 ppb |
| Langford Water Association | 4,013 | 1.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ridgeland, 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 Prvwsd-Highway 43 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.