Community Water System · PWS MS0460012
Mt Gilead-Improve Water Assn
Operator location Columbia, Mississippi - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 299 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,416 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,416
- People served (this PWS)
- 299
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Mt Gilead-Improve Water Assn standing, high SDWIS violation third
299 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%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #12,190 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Mt Gilead-Improve Water Assn sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (299), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,416 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #12,190 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #309 of 837
- Population · MS
- 299
- 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
- 915
- County
- Marion
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 285
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Uranium | MR | 82 | 2012 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 58 | 2012 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 58 | 2012 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 28 | 2008 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 28 | 2008 |
| Chlorine | MR | 20 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 1998 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2006 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2008 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 2 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Mt Gilead-Improve Water Assn has 299 recorded EPA violations, 91% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 9% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 299), and it ranks #12,190 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)
299 Higher than most more violations than 91% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/14/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/14/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/14/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/14/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/14/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/14/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 10/14/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 10/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 10/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 10/14/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 10/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 10/14/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 10/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 10/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 10/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 10/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 10/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 10/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 10/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 10/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 10/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 10/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 10/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 10/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 10/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 10/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 10/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
SDWIS compliance record for Mt Gilead-Improve Water Assn
299 violations on record for MS0460012; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
299 violations · 2,416 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 Mt Gilead-Improve Water Assn
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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