Community Water System · PWS MS0060002
Town of Benoit
Operator location Benoit, Mississippi - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 494 people served; 572 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 494
- People served (this PWS)
- 572
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Town of Benoit standing, high SDWIS violation third
494 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Town of Benoit sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (572), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (494; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 572
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 494
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 187
- County
- Bolivar
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 548
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Uranium | MR | 161 | 2012 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 119 | 2012 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 119 | 2012 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 56 | 2008 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 56 | 2008 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Chlorine | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 7 | 2024 |
| Nitrite | MR | 7 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 7 | 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 3 | 2021 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Town of Benoit has 572 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 572), 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)
572 Higher than most more violations than 97% 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 Town of Benoit
EPA SDWIS lists 494 people served and 187 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
572 violations · 494 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 Town of Benoit
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Mississippi compares on the same EPA violation measures. Mississippi systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.