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Community Water System · PWS MS0360011

City of Oxford

Operator location Oxford, Mississippi - 0% of 666 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 28,500 served per SDWIS.

28,500
People served (this PWS)
666
EPA violations (this PWS)
0
Health-based (this PWS)
9 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

City of Oxford standing, high SDWIS violation third

0% of 666 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #1,964 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

City of Oxford sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (666), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (28,500; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 detected 9 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#1,964 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#13 of 837
Population · MS
666
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

9 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
17,264
County
Lafayette
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
654
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Combined Uranium MR 208 2012
Radium-228 MR 136 2012
Radium-226 MR 136 2012
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 84 2008
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 84 2008
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 4 2006
Chlorine MR 4 2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 1 2022
Public Notice Other 1 2009
TTHM MR 1 2022

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

City of Oxford has 666 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 666), and it ranks #1,964 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

666 Higher than most more violations than 97% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 30 of 290 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/22/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/22/2025 4.30 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFDoA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/22/2025 3.40 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFUnA 9/22/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/22/2025 10.90 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 9/22/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/22/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/22/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/22/2025 3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMBA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/22/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/22/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/22/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/22/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/22/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/22/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/22/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/22/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/22/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/22/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/22/2025 3.90 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFTA 9/22/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/22/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/22/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/22/2025 7.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFNA 9/22/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/22/2025 33.70 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected

Health-based violations on City of Oxford

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MS0360011.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

666 violations · 28,500 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with City of Oxford

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
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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.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater