Is CITY OF GAUTIER's water safe to drink?
CITY OF GAUTIER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 22,253 people get their water from it, across 8,429 connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF GAUTIER has 168 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,899th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 70th percentile nationally.
Against the MS average
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; CITY OF GAUTIER carries 4, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF GAUTIER's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF GAUTIER'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 GAUTIER's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CITY OF GAUTIER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for CITY OF GAUTIER - 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.