Community Water System · PWS MS0440097
South Lowndes W/A
Operator location Columbus, Mississippi - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 578 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,230 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,230
- People served (this PWS)
- 578
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
South Lowndes W/A standing, high SDWIS violation third
578 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,596 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
South Lowndes W/A sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (578), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,230 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,596 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #553 of 837
- Population · MS
- 578
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
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
- 466
- County
- Lowndes
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 10
- Monitoring Violations
- 550
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Uranium | MR | 166 | 2012 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 116 | 2012 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 116 | 2012 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 56 | 2008 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 56 | 2008 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 10 | 2010 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2000 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2017 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 6 | 2023 |
| Nitrite | MR | 6 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2019 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
South Lowndes W/A has 578 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 578), and it ranks #17,596 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)
578 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
SDWIS compliance record for South Lowndes W/A
578 violations on record for MS0440097; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
578 violations · 1,230 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with South Lowndes W/A
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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