Community Water System · PWS MS0600010
South Quitman-S Lambert Utl
Operator location Charleston, Mississippi - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 528 people served; 57 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 528
- People served (this PWS)
- 57
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
South Quitman-S Lambert Utl standing, mid SDWIS violation third
528 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #27,983 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
South Quitman-S Lambert Utl lands in the middle third by violation volume (57), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (528; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #27,983 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #815 of 837
- Population · MS
- 57
- Total EPA violations on record
- 16%
- 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
- 200
- County
- Quitman
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 7
- Monitoring Violations
- 29
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 18 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 2000 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2018 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 1991 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2021 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
South Quitman-S Lambert Utl has 57 recorded EPA violations, 60% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 40% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 57), and it ranks #27,983 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)
57 Around the middle fewer violations than 40% 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 South Quitman-S Lambert Utl
EPA SDWIS lists 528 people served and 200 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
57 violations · 528 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 South Quitman-S Lambert Utl
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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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.