Community Water System · PWS MS0530014
Oktoc Water Association #1
Operator location Starkville, Mississippi - 0% of 469 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 2,587 served per SDWIS.
- 2,587
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 469
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Oktoc Water Association #1 standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 469 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%). Population rank #11,644 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Oktoc Water Association #1 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (469), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,587 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,644 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #281 of 837
- Population · MS
- 469
- 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.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Public/Private
- Connections
- 980
- County
- Oktibbeha
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 453
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Uranium | MR | 131 | 2012 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 84 | 2012 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 84 | 2012 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 49 | 2008 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 49 | 2008 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 12 | 2023 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 12 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 12 | 2023 |
| Nitrite | MR | 12 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 7 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Oktoc Water Association #1 has 469 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 469), and it ranks #11,644 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)
469 Higher than most more violations than 95% 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
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Oktoc Water Association #1 plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Health-based violations on Oktoc Water Association #1
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 MS0530014.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
469 violations · 2,587 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 Oktoc Water Association #1
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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