Is CITY OF MENDENHALL's water safe to drink?
CITY OF MENDENHALL has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,500 people through 1,094 service connections.
CITY OF MENDENHALL's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF MENDENHALL ranks 3,383th by violation burden (74th percentile) - 83 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How CITY OF MENDENHALL compares within MS
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; CITY OF MENDENHALL carries 5, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF MENDENHALL is from 2012-01-07 (health-based: 2003-12-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF MENDENHALL'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
CITY OF MENDENHALL'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. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for CITY OF MENDENHALL - 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.