CMU - LAKE CAROLINE: EPA violation history, explained
CMU - LAKE CAROLINE had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 8,511 people through 3,224 service connections.
How this compares nationally
83 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CMU - LAKE CAROLINE at the 44th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,289 of 12,903.
Against the MS average
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; CMU - LAKE CAROLINE carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
CMU - LAKE CAROLINE's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
CMU - LAKE CAROLINE'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CMU - LAKE CAROLINE's record does not cover
CMU - LAKE CAROLINE'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. Between the utility's meter and CMU - LAKE CAROLINE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,289th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.