Lafayette County, Mississippi
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet MS071 · Lafayette County 24 sys · 9,184 viol · #703/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 95.8% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 1.6% health
- RANK-UPPER #703/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 100%
- SYS-SMALL 24 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Jones County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lafayette County ranks #703 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 82 counties in Mississippi. See methodology · corpus placement.
Lafayette County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 95.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 1.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #703 of 3,254 · #10 of 82 in Mississippi.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lafayette County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Lafayette County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Oxford | 28,500 | 666 | Detected |
| University of Mississippi | 26,874 | 523 | Detected |
| Anchor Water Association | 2,051 | 734 | - |
| Taylor Water Association | 1,962 | 273 | - |
| Westover Water Association, Inc | 1,771 | 554 | - |
| Hopewell Water Association | 1,684 | 289 | - |
| East Oxford Water Association | 1,544 | 594 | - |
| Wellsgate | 1,447 | 527 | - |
| Harmontown Water Association Inc | 1,393 | 293 | Clean |
| Campground Water Assn | 1,151 | 279 | - |
| College Hill Water Assn | 1,146 | 268 | - |
| Yocona Water Association, Inc. | 926 | 326 | - |
| Hurricane Creek Water Assn | 702 | 294 | - |
| Sanders Water Association,inc | 581 | 565 | - |
| Turner Springs Water Assn | 528 | 91 | - |
| Denmark Water Association | 499 | 323 | - |
| Olin Winchester-Oxford | 400 | 27 | - |
| Town of Abbeville-Water Dept | 386 | 577 | - |
| Twelve Oaks Water System | 314 | 33 | - |
| Lafayette Springs Water Assn | 290 | 1,664 | - |
| Hurricane Hills W/A | 166 | 248 | - |
| Holiday Lodge Mobile Home Pk | 84 | 30 | - |
| Clear Creek Landing | 66 | 0 | - |
| Hurricane Landing | 53 | 6 | - |
Compare beyond Mississippi
Mid-flagged peers for Lafayette County
Cross-state counties nearest Lafayette County on flagged-system share (95.8%) and cumulative violation count (9,184). 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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