Adams Co W/a #2-South, MS Water Quality
What's in Adams Co W/a #2-South's water?
Adams Co W/a #2-South has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,097 people through 3,067 service connections.
How this compares nationally
278 total violations and 1 health-based ones put Adams Co W/a #2-South at the 45th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,101 of 12,903.
How Adams Co W/a #2-South compares within MS
Among the 361 MS systems in this dataset, the average is 3.1 health-based violations - Adams Co W/a #2-South's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Adams Co W/a #2-South is from 2012-01-10 (health-based: 2009-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Adams Co W/a #2-South's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what Adams Co W/a #2-South reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for Adams Co W/a #2-South - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.