County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Lamar County, Mississippi
11 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 65,838 people in Lamar County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 11
- SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
- 6,121
- Total violations Upper third of counties
- 100.0%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
- 0.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (6 tested) Lower third of counties with tests
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet MS073 · Lamar County 11 sys · 6,121 viol · #785/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 1.0% health
- RANK-UPPER #785/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 100%
- SYS-SMALL 11 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: DeSoto County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lamar County ranks #785 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #14 of 82 counties in Mississippi. See methodology · corpus placement.
Lamar County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 1.0% 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 #785 of 3,254 · #14 of 82 in Mississippi.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lamar County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Lamar County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lamar Water Assn #1 | 18,491 | 708 | Clean |
| North Lamar Water Association | 12,778 | 785 | Clean |
| Lamar Park Water & Sewage Assn | 7,714 | 944 | Clean |
| Progress Comm Water Assn | 7,017 | 700 | Clean |
| Arnold Line Water Association | 6,600 | 722 | Clean |
| North Lumberton Utility Assn | 4,071 | 812 | Clean |
| Canebrake Utility Assoc Inc | 2,619 | 564 | - |
| City of Purvis | 2,590 | 279 | - |
| Town of Sumrall | 1,998 | 289 | - |
| City of Lumberton | 1,896 | 308 | - |
| R D Morrow Power Plant | 64 | 10 | - |
Compare beyond Mississippi
Mid-flagged peers for Lamar County
Cross-state counties nearest Lamar County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (6,121). 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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