Wilkinson Co Correctional Cent, MS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Wilkinson Co Correctional Cent serves about 889 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0790033; phone on file: 601-888-3338. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.5 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wilkinson Co Correctional Cent is 1.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.8 ppb |
Against other Mississippi systems
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. Wilkinson Co Correctional Cent's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 5th percentile in Mississippi and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Wilkinson County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wilkinson Co Correctional Cent. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Old River Water Assn | 3,234 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Woodville | 2,772 | 6.8 ppb |
| South Centreville W/A | 1,375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Centreville | 1,207 | 0.7 ppb |
| Buffalo Water Association | 972 | 3 ppb |
| Bleakhouse Water Association | 412 | 2 ppb |
| Bleakhouse Water Association #2 | 153 | 2.9 ppb |
| Old River Water Assn- Fords Creek | 55 | 3.8 ppb |
Next steps for Woodville, MS
Look up your address in Wilkinson Co Correctional Cent'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 Wilkinson Co Correctional Cent 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.