CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 54,025, over 20,464 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
98 total violations and 6 health-based ones put CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,939 of 12,903.
How CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH compares within MS
CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH's 6 health-based violations sit above the MS average of 3.2, across 349 systems statewide. 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 OLIVE BRANCH is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 2010-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH'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)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
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
This is what CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH 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 - 6 health-based violations on file for CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH - 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.