Community Water System · PWS MS0490020
Hays Creek W/a - Alva
Operator location Winona, Mississippi - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 750 people served; 290 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 750
- People served (this PWS)
- 290
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Hays Creek W/a - Alva standing, high SDWIS violation third
750 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%). Population rank #23,431 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Hays Creek W/a - Alva sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (290), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (750; 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.
- #23,431 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #718 of 837
- Population · MS
- 290
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- 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
- 284
- County
- Montgomery
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 282
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Uranium | MR | 86 | 2012 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 64 | 2012 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 64 | 2012 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 28 | 2008 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 28 | 2008 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2022 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MR | 2 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 2 | 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
Hays Creek W/a - Alva has 290 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 290), and it ranks #23,431 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)
290 Higher than most more violations than 90% 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 Hays Creek W/a - Alva
EPA SDWIS lists 750 people served and 284 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
290 violations · 750 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Hays Creek W/a - Alva
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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