CITY OF CARTHAGE: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF CARTHAGE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,901 people get their water from it, across 1,920 connections.
How this compares nationally
222 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CITY OF CARTHAGE at the 45th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,116 of 12,903.
Against the MS average
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; CITY OF CARTHAGE carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF CARTHAGE's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-02. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF CARTHAGE'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 CITY OF CARTHAGE's record does not cover
This is what CITY OF CARTHAGE 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. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF CARTHAGE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,116th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.