County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Pearl River County, Mississippi
19 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 54,819 people in Pearl River County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 19
- SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
- 6,507
- Total violations Upper third of counties
- 89.5%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
- 0.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (6 tested) Lower third of counties with tests
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet MS109 · Pearl River County 19 sys · 6,507 viol · #905/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 89.5% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 0.4% health
- RANK-UPPER #905/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.5 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 100%
- SYS-SMALL 19 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lincoln County (+ 0.5 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Pearl River County ranks #905 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #17 of 82 counties in Mississippi. See methodology · corpus placement.
Pearl River County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 89.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 0.4% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #905 of 3,254 · #17 of 82 in Mississippi.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pearl River County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Pearl River County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picayune Utilities, City Of | 11,859 | 364 | Clean |
| Pearl River Central W/A | 11,830 | 739 | Clean |
| Center W/a-Caesar System | 6,455 | 973 | Clean |
| Pearl River Central W/a-Henley Field | 4,438 | 495 | Clean |
| Pearl River Central W/a-Bi Co | 4,406 | 432 | Clean |
| City of Poplarville | 3,334 | 544 | Clean |
| Nicholson Water Association | 3,001 | 620 | - |
| Hide-A-Way Lake Water System | 2,727 | 541 | - |
| Pearl River Central W/A-North | 2,278 | 610 | - |
| Spring Hill Water Assn. | 1,642 | 277 | - |
| Prcua-Picayune Water System | 979 | 95 | - |
| Sunny Oaks Water Association | 766 | 541 | - |
| Dollar General #13300 (Picayune) | 425 | 4 | - |
| Dollar General #23759 (Poplarville) | 250 | 4 | - |
| Prcua-Hillsdale Water System | 238 | 81 | - |
| King's Arrow Ranch | 91 | 0 | - |
| Crossroads Seafood & Grill, LLC | 75 | 32 | - |
| Dr. G's Specialty Foods LLC | 25 | 0 | - |
| Prcua-Poplarville Water System | 0 | 155 | - |
Compare beyond Mississippi
Lower-flagged peers for Pearl River County
Cross-state counties nearest Pearl River County on flagged-system share (89.5%) and cumulative violation count (6,507). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.
Similar flagged-system rate
Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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