Community Water System · PWS MS0050017
North Benton W/A
Operator location Lamar, Mississippi - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 449 people served; 321 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 449
- People served (this PWS)
- 321
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 71
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
North Benton W/A standing, high SDWIS violation third
449 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 22% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
North Benton W/A sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (321), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (449; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 22% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 321
- Total EPA violations on record
- 22%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 449
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Public/Private
- Connections
- 178
- County
- Benton
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 71
- Monitoring Violations
- 243
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Uranium | MR | 72 | 2011 |
| Arsenic | MCL | 71 | 2021 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 44 | 2011 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 44 | 2011 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 28 | 2008 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 28 | 2008 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2019 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 8 | 2019 |
| Arsenic | MR | 7 | 2016 |
| Public Notice | Other | 5 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2006 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
North Benton W/A has 321 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 22% of this system's own violations are health-based (71 of 321), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
321 Higher than most more violations than 92% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for North Benton W/A
EPA SDWIS lists 449 people served and 178 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
321 violations · 449 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with North Benton W/A
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