Is CITY OF WEST POINT's water safe to drink?
CITY OF WEST POINT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 15,062, over 6,732 connections.
CITY OF WEST POINT's record against the rest of the country
193 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CITY OF WEST POINT at the 45th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,139 of 12,903.
How CITY OF WEST POINT compares within MS
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; CITY OF WEST POINT carries 1, not 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 WEST POINT is from 2012-01-07 (health-based: 1993-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF WEST POINT'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 WEST POINT'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 - 1 health-based violation on file for CITY OF WEST POINT - 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.