Is CITY OF DREW's water safe to drink?
CITY OF DREW had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 2,300, over 733 connections.
CITY OF DREW's record against the rest of the country
246 total violations and 8 health-based ones put CITY OF DREW at the 82th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,285 of 12,903.
How CITY OF DREW compares within MS
CITY OF DREW's 8 health-based violations sit above 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 DREW is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF DREW'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); Groundwater Rule
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
CITY OF DREW's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF DREW's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,285th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.