CITY OF PETAL: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF PETAL has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 9,509 people through 3,603 service connections.
CITY OF PETAL's record against the rest of the country
260 total violations and 2 health-based ones put CITY OF PETAL at the 56th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,666 of 12,903.
How CITY OF PETAL compares within MS
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; CITY OF PETAL carries 2, not more than typical for the state. 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 PETAL is from 2024-01-02 (health-based: 2007-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF PETAL'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
Everything on this page is CITY OF PETAL's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 260 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.