Is CITY OF COLLINS's water safe to drink?
CITY OF COLLINS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,921 people through 1,193 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
CITY OF COLLINS has 232 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,673th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 56th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF COLLINS compares within MS
CITY OF COLLINS's 2 health-based violations sit within the MS average of 3.2, across 349 systems statewide. 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 CITY OF COLLINS is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF COLLINS'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what CITY OF COLLINS 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 - 2 health-based violations on file for CITY OF COLLINS - 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.