Wheeler-Frankstown Water Assn, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 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 Wheeler-Frankstown Water Assn
Wheeler-Frankstown Water Assn serves about 4,204 people through 1,602 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: MS0590014; phone on file: 662-365-8750. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wheeler-Frankstown Water Assn is 1.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.6 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. Wheeler-Frankstown Water Assn's 1.2 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Mississippi and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Prentiss County
11 other systems share Prentiss County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wheeler-Frankstown Water Assn. 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 |
| Big V Water Association | 3,878 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 Wheeler, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wheeler, 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 Wheeler-Frankstown Water Assn 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.